Rewriting Histories

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1. Globalizing Feminisms, 1789- 1945

   Edited by Karen Offen

   Series: Rewriting Histories

   This definitive Reader presents a coherent, comprehensive, comparative, and much-needed collective history of women’s activism throughout the world. Including key pieces on the history of feminism from an international group of scholars, the book charts feminists’ attempts to restore a balance...

   Published December 9th 2009 by Routledge
2. Origins of the Black Atlantic

   Edited by Laurent Dubois, Julius S. Scott

   Series: Rewriting Histories

   Between 1492 and 1820, about two-thirds of the people who crossed the Atlantic to the Americas were Africans. With the exception of the Spanish, all the European empires settled more Africans in the New World than they did Europeans. The vast majority of these enslaved men and women worked on...

   Published September 13th 2009 by Routledge
3. Comparative Fascist Studies

   New Perspectives

   Edited by Constantin Iordachi

   Series: Rewriting Histories

   Owing to its mass appeal, revolutionary and violent nature, strong political impact, and multiple reverberations in contemporary politics, fascism was one of the most complex, and hotly debated movements of the twentieth century. Comparative Fascist Studies: New Perspectives brings together some of...

   Published July 8th 2009 by Routledge
4. The New South

   New Histories

   By J. William Harris

   Series: Rewriting Histories

   William Harris, the editor of Routledge’s The Old South: New Studies of Society and Culture, aims in The New South to introduce students to the historiography of this later volatile period of southern history, which starts from the racial segregation prevalent after the end of the Civil War and...

   Published December 12th 2007 by Routledge
5. The Old South

   New Studies of Society and Culture

   By J. William Harris

   Series: Rewriting Histories

   In this, the re-titled second edition of Society and Culture in the Slave South, J. William Harris selects the most recent and original scholarship in the field of the antebellum South published since 1992, when the first edition appeared. The present volume illustrates both the continuities and...

   Published December 3rd 2007 by Routledge
6. From Roman Provinces to Medieval Kingdoms

   Edited by Thomas F.X. Noble

   Series: Rewriting Histories

   This prestigious collection of essays by leading scholars provides a thorough reassessment of the medieval era which questions how, when and why the Middle Ages began, and how abruptly the shift from the Roman Empire to Barbarian Europe happened. Presenting the most current work including...

   Published February 28th 2006 by Routledge
7. The French Revolution

   Recent Debates and New Controversies, 2nd Edition

   Edited by Gary Kates

   Series: Rewriting Histories

   This fascinating book studies all aspects of the French Revolution, from its origins, through its development, right up to the consequences of this major historical event. Bringing together key texts at the forefront of new research and interpretation, Gary Kates challenges orthodox assumptions...

   Published October 23rd 2005 by Routledge
8. Practicing History

   New Directions in Historical Writing after the Linguistic Turn

   Edited by Gabrielle M. Spiegel

   Series: Rewriting Histories

   This essential collection of key articles offers a re-evaluation of the practice of history in light of current debates. Critical thinkers and practicing historians present their writings, along with clear and thorough editorial material, to examine the complex ideas at the forefront of historical...

   Published May 5th 2005 by Routledge
9. Origins of the Cold War

   An International History, 2nd Edition

   Edited by Melvyn P. Leffler, David S. Painter

   Series: Rewriting Histories

   The Cold War dominated the world political arena for forty-five years. Focusing on the international system and on events in all parts of the globe, Melvyn P. Leffler and David S. Painter have brought together a truly international collection of articles that provide a fresh and comprehensive...

   Published April 10th 2005 by Routledge
10. Medieval Religion

    New Approaches

    Edited by Constance Hoffman Berman

    Series: Rewriting Histories

    Constance Hoffman Berman presents an indispensable collection of the most influential and revisionist work to be done on religion in the Middle Ages in the last two decades. Bringing together an authoritative list of scholars from around the world, this book is a comprehensive ...

    Published January 11th 2005 by Routledge