History Books

New and Published Books

1. The Collected Letters of Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek - Volume 16

   Edited by Lodewijk C. Palm

   In volume XVI of The Collected Letters of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, 25 letters of Van Leeuwenhoek have been included, all of them written from July 1707 to June 1712. The letters were written to six distinct addressees. The larger part was addressed to the Royal Society in London in general (sixteen...

   Published April 4th 2013 by CRC Press
2. China and the First Vietnam War, 1947-54

   By Laura M. Calkins

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

   This book charts the development of the First Vietnam War – the war between the Vietnamese Communists (the Viet Minh) and the French colonial power – considering especially how relations between the Viet Minh and the Chinese Communists had a profound impact on the course of the war. It shows how...

   Published April 3rd 2013 by Routledge
3. Sport in Capitalist Society

   A Short History

   By Tony Collins

   Why are the Olympic Games the driving force behind a clampdown on civil liberties? What makes sport an unwavering ally of nationalism and militarism? Is sport the new opiate of the masses? These and many other questions are answered in this new radical history of sport by leading historian of...

   Published April 3rd 2013 by Routledge
4. The Fall of the Iron Curtain and the Culture of Europe

   Edited by Peter I. Barta

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

   The end of communism in Europe has tended to be discussed mainly in the context of political science and history. This book, in contrast, assesses the cultural consequences for Europe of the disappearance of the Soviet bloc. Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, the book examines the new...

   Published April 2nd 2013 by Routledge
5. Transformational Diplomacy after the Cold War

   Britain’s Know How Fund in Post-Communist Europe, 1989-2003

   By Keith Hamilton

   Series: Whitehall Histories

   This book examines the 'Know How Fund', Britain’s bilateral technical assistance programme in post-communist central and eastern Europe, devised in response to the end of the Cold War. The Know How Fund (KHF) was the technical assistance programme which Margaret Thatcher’s government launched in...

   Published April 1st 2013 by Routledge
6. The Alienated Mind (Routledge Revivals)

   The Sociology of Knowledge in Germany 1918-1933

   By David Frisby

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   This book, first published in 1983, with a second edition in 1992, investigates the emergence of the sociology of knowledge in Germany in the critical period from 1918 to 1933. These years witnessed the development of distinctive paradigms centred on the works of Max Scheler, Georg Lukács and Karl...

   Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
7. Labour Market Economics (Routledge Revivals)

   By D Sapsford

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1981, Labour Market Economics develops the basic economic theory of introductory courses within the context of labour market analysis and applies it both to particular features and special problems of the subject. The author begins by outlining the nature of the area and the...

   Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
8. Leisure and the Changing City 1870 - 1914 (Routledge Revivals)

   By Helen Meller

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   By the late nineteenth century, the city had become the dominant social environment of Britain, with the majority of the population living in large cities, often with over 100, 000 inhabitants. The central concern of this book, first published in 1976, is to assess how successful the late...

   Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
9. The Future of the Soviet Economic Planning System (Routledge Revivals)

   By David A. Dyker

   On its publication in 1985, this book offered a fresh analysis of the problems faced by the Soviet economy by focussing on the key issues in the economic planning system. David Dyker considers the available options for reform during the 1980s and the most likely developments. Discussing the...

   Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
10. A Mirror to Kathleen's Face (Routledge Revivals)

    Education in Independent Ireland 1922-60

    By Donald Akenson

    First published in 1975, Donald Akenson’s book was at the forefront of a radically new approach to the study of Irish educational history. Instead of investigating the evolution of the schools as an isolated process, he explores the complex interrelations of Irish education, institutions and...

    Published March 29th 2013 by Routledge