Political History Books

New and Published Books

1. 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
2. The Role of the Press and Communication Technology in Democratization

   The Nigerian Story

   By Aje-Ori Anna Agbese

   Series: African Studies

   In the 1990s, Nigeria, like several countries in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe and Latin America, underwent transition programs to return the country to democracy. Nigeria’s democratization in the 1990s was a civil and international movement to free Nigeria from over 20 years of authoritarian...

   Published January 10th 2013 by Routledge
3. Dramas of the Past on the Twentieth-Century Stage

   In History’s Wings

   By Alexander Feldman

   Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

   This book defines and exemplifies a major genre of modern dramatic writing, termed historiographic metatheatre, in which self-reflexive engagements with the traditions and forms of dramatic art illuminate historical themes and aid in the representation of historical events and, in doing so,...

   Published December 18th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Caribbean History Reader

   Edited by Nicola Foote

   Series: Routledge Readers in History

   The Caribbean is a region that has been at the heart of world history and global development for centuries. Despite its small geographic size, it is the lynchpin of the Atlantic economy. Further, through a series of migrations, Caribbean people are represented in most of the major cities of...

   Published December 16th 2012 by Routledge
5. Social Histories of Disability and Deformity

   Bodies, Images and Experiences

   Edited by David M. Turner, Kevin Stagg

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine

   Collecting together essays written by an international set of contributors, this book provides an important contribution to the emerging field of disability history. It explores changes in understandings of deformity and disability between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries, and reveal the ways...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
6. Exiled to Palestine

   The Emigration of Soviet Zionist Convicts, 1924-1934

   By Ziva Galili, Boris Morozov

   Series: Cummings Center Series

   This is the unknown story of how Zionists imprisoned by Soviet authorities were allowed to choose sentences of permanent departure to Palestine, where they helped build Jewish society, the backbone of left-wing parties, and the powerful trade union movement. These leading authors bring to light...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
7. Transpacific Revolutionaries

   The Chinese Revolution in Latin America

   By Matthew Rothwell

   Series: Routledge Studies in Modern History

   This book shows how Maoism was globalized during the 1949-1976 period, highlighting the agency of both Latin American and Chinese actors. While Maoism has long been known to have been influential in many social movements and guerrilla groups in Latin America, author Matthew Rothwell is the first to...

   Published December 12th 2012 by Routledge
8. Russia’s International Relations in the Twentieth Century

   By Alastair Kocho-Williams

   Russia has long been a major player in the international relations arena, but only by examining the whole century can Russian foreign policy be properly understood, and the key questions as to the impact of war, of revolution, of collapse, the emergence of the Cold War and Russia’s post-Soviet...

   Published December 9th 2012 by Routledge
9. History, Memory, and State-Sponsored Violence

   Time and Justice

   By Berber Bevernage

   Series: Routledge Approaches to History

   Modern historiography embraces the notion that time is irreversible, implying that the past should be imagined as something ‘absent’ or ‘distant.’ Victims of historical injustice, however, in contrast, often claim that the past got ‘stuck’ in the present and that it retains a haunting presence....

   Published November 30th 2012 by Routledge
10. Americans Experience Russia

    Encountering the Enigma, 1917 to the Present

    Edited by Choi Chatterjee, Beth Holmgren

    Series: Routledge Studies in Cultural History

    Americans Experience Russia analyzes how American scholars, journalists, and artists envisioned, experienced, and interpreted Russia/the Soviet Union over the last century. While many histories of diplomatic, economic, and intellectual connections between the United States and the Soviet Union can...

    Published November 27th 2012 by Routledge