World/International History Books

New and Published Books

1. Trans-Colonial Modernities in South Asia

   Edited by Michael S. Dodson, Brian A. Hatcher

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

   Presenting cutting-edge scholarship dedicated to exploring the emergence and articulation of modernity in colonial South Asia, this book builds upon and extends recent insights into the constitutive and multiple projects of colonial modernity. Eschewing the fashionable binaries of resistance and...

   Published February 8th 2012 by Routledge
2. Ending Empire in the Middle East

   Britain, the United States and Post-war Decolonization, 1945-1973

   By Simon C. Smith

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History

   This book is a major and wide-ranging re-assessment of Anglo-American relations in the Middle Eastern context. It analyses the process of ending of empire in the Middle East from 1945 to the Yom Kippur War of 1973. Based on original research into both British and American archival sources, it...

   Published February 2nd 2012 by Routledge
3. Theorizing Medieval Geopolitics

   War and World Order in the Age of the Crusades

   By Andrew Latham

   Series: Routledge Research in Medieval Studies

   Over the past two decades or so, medieval geopolitics have come to occupy an increasingly prominent place in the collective imagination—and writings—of International Relations scholars. Although these accounts differ significantly in terms of their respective analytical assumptions, theoretical...

   Published December 20th 2011 by Routledge
4. Historical Disasters in Context

   Science, Religion, and Politics

   Edited by Andrea JANKU, Gerrit Schenk, Franz Mauelshagen

   Series: Routledge Studies in Cultural History

   Growing concerns about climate change and the increasing occurrence of ever more devastating natural disasters in some parts of the world and their consequences for human life, not only in the immediately affected regions, but for all of us, have increased our desire to learn more about disaster...

   Published December 20th 2011 by Routledge
5. Persian Documents

   Social History of Iran and Turan in the 15th-19th Centuries

   Edited by Kondo Nobuaki

   Series: New Horizons in Islamic Studies

   After the Mongol period, Persian was the official written language in Iran, Central Asia and India. A vast amount of documents relating to administration and social life were produced and yet, unlike Ottoman and Arabic documents, Persian historical resources have received very little critical...

   Published December 19th 2011 by Routledge
6. A History of Police and Masculinities, 1700–2010

   Edited by David Barrie, Susan Broomhall

   This unique collection brings together leading international scholars to explore how ideologies about masculinities have shaped police culture, policy and institutional organization from the eighteenth century to the present day. It addresses an under-researched area of historical inquiry,...

   Published December 15th 2011 by Routledge
7. Greek and Roman Networks in the Mediterranean

   Edited by Irad Malkin, Christy Constantakopoulou, Katerina Panagopoulou

   How useful is the concept of "network" for historical studies and the ancient world in particular? Using theoretical models of social network analysis, this book illuminates aspects of the economic, social, religious, and political history of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. Bringing together...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
8. The Ottoman World

   Edited by Christine Woodhead

   Series: Routledge Worlds

   The Ottoman empire as a political entity comprised most of the present Middle East (with the principal exception of Iran), north Africa and south-eastern Europe. For over 500 years, until its disintegration during World War I, it encompassed a diverse range of ethnic, religious and linguistic...

   Published December 13th 2011 by Routledge
9. Madness, Architecture and the Built Environment

   Psychiatric Spaces in Historical Context

   Edited by James Moran, Leslie Topp, Jonathan Andrews

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine

   This is the first volume of papers devoted to an examination of the relationship between mental health/illness and the construction and experience of space. This historical analysis with contributions from leading experts will enlighten and intrigue in equal measure. The first rigorous scholarly...

   Published December 8th 2011 by Routledge
10. The African American People

    A Global History

    By Molefi Kete Asante

    The African American People is the first history of the African American people to take a global look at the role African Americans have played in the world. Author Molefi Kete Asante synthesizes the familiar tale of history’s effect on the African people who found themselves forcibly part of the...

    Published December 4th 2011 by Routledge