History Reference Books

New and Published Books

1. Routledge Library Editions: Women's History

   By Various

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Women's History

   Reissuing seminal works originally published between 1928 and 1992, Routledge Library Editions: Women's History offers a selection of scholarship covering women's roles, gender battles, feminism and other issues through the ages. Topics include women in the World Wars, prostitution in Victorian...

   Published October 8th 2012 by Routledge
2. Irish Historical Documents, 1172-1972 (Routledge Revivals)

   Edited by Edmund Curtis, R. B. Macdowell

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1943, this volume collects together the principle Irish constitutional and political documents from the Introduction of English rule in the twelfth century to the treaty made between Great Britain and Ireland under Lloyd George’s government in 1921. The material is grouped into...

   Published January 19th 2012 by Routledge
3. A Political Chronology of the World

   Series: Political Chronology of the World series

   A Political Chronology of the World is a major new publication which gives an impartial record of the political, geographical and economic events that have helped to shape world history. Although the book includes greater coverage of more recent events—particularly in countries with a recent...

   Published June 26th 2011 by Routledge
4. Landmarks in Western Science

   From Prehistory to the Atomic Age

   By Peter Whitfield

   Richly illustrated and eminently readable, this fascinating account helps us better understand how scientific ideas have been circulated and received at different periods in history as it reveals the sequence of faltering steps mankind has taken in an effort to better understand the world around us....

   Published October 20th 1999 by Routledge