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41. The Economic Development of Continental Europe 1780-1870

    By Alan Milward, S. B. Saul

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    Upon its initial publication in 1973 this was the first textbook to present a unified view and comprehensive treatment of the economic development of Europe from a continental rather than a British perspective. At the same time, it is more than mere textbook: it is an interpretive analysis of a...

    Published July 27th 2011 by Routledge
42. A History of Early Al-Andalus

    The Akhbar Majmu'a

    By David James

    Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East

    The Akhbar majmu‘a, or 'Collected Accounts', deal with the Muslim conquest of the Iberian peninsula in 711 and subsequent events in al-Andalus, down to and including the reign of ‘Abd al-Rahman III (912-961), founder of the Umayyad caliphate of al-Andalus . No Arabic text dealing with the early...

    Published July 26th 2011 by Routledge
43. Treitschke: His Life and Works

    By Heinrich von Treitschke

    Edited by Adolf Hausrath

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    First published in English in 1914, this Routledge Revival is a reissue of Adolf Hausrath's edited collection: Treitschke: His Life and Works. Treitschke remains one of the most important German historians of the nineteenth century. He is also famous for his nationalist...

    Published July 25th 2011 by Routledge
44. The British and the Grand Tour (Routledge Revivals)

    By Jeremy Black

    First published in 1985, this is a history of the Grand Tour, undertaken by young men in the eighteenth century to complete their education - a tour usually to France, Italy and Switzerland, and sometimes encompassing Germany. Rather than being another popular treatment of the theme, this...

    Published July 13th 2011 by Routledge
45. The Holocaust and Representations of Jews

    History and Identity in the Museum

    By K. Hannah Holtschneider

    Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

    The Holocaust and Representations of Jews examines how prominent national exhibitions in Europe represent the Jewish minority and its cultural and religious self-understandings, historically and today, in particular in the context of the Holocaust. Insights from the New Museology are brought to...

    Published July 4th 2011 by Routledge
46. The Twentieth Century Russia Reader

    Edited by Alastair Kocho-Williams

    Series: Routledge Readers in History

    The twentieth century was, for Russia, one of the most challenging in its history. the country experienced war, revolution and systemic collapse, all of which brought serious challenges especially in international affairs. Only by examining the whole century can Modern Russia be properly...

    Published June 29th 2011 by Routledge
47. The Crowd and the Mob (Routledge Revivals)

    From Plato to Canetti

    By J. S. McClelland

    First published in 1989, this persuasive and original by John McClelland examines the importance of the idea of 'the crowd' in the writings of philosophers, historians and politicians from the classical era to the twentieth century. The book examines histories of political thought and their...

    Published June 12th 2011 by Routledge
48. The Republican Tradition in Europe

    By H. A. L. Fisher

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    First published in 1911, this pioneering and ambitious work provides a history of the evolution of republican thought and practice in Europe from the fall of the Roman Empire to the beginning of the twentieth century. Based a series of lectures delivered by the author at Lowell Institute in 1910,...

    Published May 30th 2011 by Routledge
49. John Calvin

    By Michael Mullett

    Series: Routledge Historical Biographies

    John Calvin (1509-1564) is one of the most important figures in religious history. Sitting on the cusp of the medieval and early modern world, he was centre stage during the Reformation. In this new biography, Michael Mullett introduces us to this most important figure, tying his life together with...

    Published May 18th 2011 by Routledge
50. The Emancipation of the Serfs in Russia

    Peace Arbitrators and the Development of Civil Society

    By Roxanne Easley

    Series: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

    In the wake of the disastrous Crimean War, the Russian autocracy completely renovated its most basic social, political and economic systems by emancipating some 23 million privately-owned serfs. This had enormous consequences for all aspects of Russian life, and profound effects on the course of...

    Published May 16th 2011 by Routledge