British History Books

New and Published Books

1. The Transformation of England (Routledge Revivals)

   Essays in the economic and social history of England in the eighteenth century

   By Peter Mathias

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1979, The Transformation of England discusses the creation in late eighteenth century England of the industrial system and thereby the present world. Professor Mathias poses questions about the nature of industrialization, social change and historical explanation, issues that are...

   Published January 30th 2013 by Routledge
2. Thatcher and Thatcherism

   3rd Edition

   By Eric J. Evans

   Series: The Making of the Contemporary World

   This fully revised and updated third edition of Thatcher and Thatcherism examines the origins and impact of ‘Thatcherism’ as a cultural construct and an economic creed from the 1970s to the formation of a coalition government in 2010. Focusing on the career of Margaret Thatcher, Eric J. Evans...

   Published January 27th 2013 by Routledge
3. Imagining the Pagan Past

   Gods and Goddesses in Literature and History since the Dark Ages

   By Marion Gibson

   Imagining the Pagan Past explores stories of Britain’s pagan history. These tales have been characterised by gods and fairies, folklore and magic. They have had an uncomfortable relationship with the scholarly world; often being seen as historically dubious, self-indulgent romance and, worse,...

   Published January 22nd 2013 by Routledge
4. A Portrait of Roman Britain

   By John Wacher

   The Romans occupied Britain for almost four hundred years, and their influence is still all around us - in the shape of individual monuments such as Hadrians Wall, the palace at Fishbourne and the spa complex at Bath, as well as in subtler things such as the layout and locations of ancient towns...

   Published January 13th 2013 by Routledge
5. Empire, Industry and Class

   The Imperial Nexus of Jute, 1840-1940

   By Anthony Cox

   Series: Routledge/Edinburgh South Asian Studies Series

   Presenting a new approach towards the social history of working classes in the imperial context, this book looks at the formation of working classes in Scotland and Bengal. It analyses the trajectory of labour market formation, labour supervision, cultures of labour and class formation between two...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
6. Some Early and Later Houses of Pity (Routledge Revivals)

   By John Hobson

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   From around the eleventh century until the Reformation, a close connection between the Church and hospitals was formed as they became a refuge for the ill, ostracised and poor. First published in 1926, John Morrison Hobson presents a fascinating survey of the hospitals and almshouses found...

   Published December 16th 2012 by Routledge
7. Victorian Britain (Routledge Revivals)

   An Encyclopedia

   By Sally Mitchell

   First published in 1988, this encyclopedia serves as an overview and point of entry to the complex interdisciplinary field of Victorian studies. The signed articles, which cover persons, events, institutions, topics, groups and artefacts in Great Britain between 1837 and 1901, have been...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
8. The Women's Movement and Women's Employment in Nineteenth Century Britain

   By Ellen Jordan

   Series: Routledge Research in Gender and History

   In the first half of the nineteenth century the main employments open to young women in Britain were in teaching, dressmaking, textile manufacture and domestic service. After 1850, however, young women began to enter previously all-male areas like medicine, pharmacy, librarianship, the civil...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
9. Britain and the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic

   A Dark Epilogue

   By Niall Johnson

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine

   Between August 1918 and March 1919 a flu pandemic spread across the globe and in just under a year 40 million people had died from the virus worldwide. This is the first book to provide a total history and seriously analyze the British experiences during that time.The book provides the most...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
10. Britain's Revival and Fall in the Gulf

    Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and the Trucial States, 1950-71

    By Simon C. Smith

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of the Middle East

    Britain's relationship with the Gulf region remains one of the few unexplored episodes in the study of British decolonization. The decision, announced in 1968, to leave the Gulf within three years represented an explicit recognition by Britain that its 'East of Suez' role was at an end. This book...

    Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge