Forthcoming World/International History Books

Forthcoming Books

1. Public and Popular History

   Edited by Jerome De Groot

   This interdisciplinary collection considers public and popular history within a global framework, seeking to understand considerations of local, domestic histories and the ways they interact with broader discourses. Grounded in particular local and national situations, the book addresses the issues...

   To Be Published June 3rd 2012 by Routledge
2. Mao, Stalin and the Korean War

   Trilateral communist relations in the 1950s

   By Shen Zhihua

   Series: Cold War History

   This book examines relations between China and the Soviet Union during the 1950s, and provides an insight into Chinese thinking about the Korean War. This volume is based on a translation of Shen Zihua’s best-selling Chinese-language book, which broke the mainland Chinese taboo on publishing...

   To Be Published June 10th 2012 by Routledge
3. The End of the First Indochina War

   A Global History

   By James Waite

   Series: Routledge Studies on History and Globalization

   The French withdrawal from Vietnam in 1954 was the product of global pressures and triggered significant global consequences. By treating the war as an international issue, this book places Indochina at the center of the Cold War in the mid-1950s. Arguing that the Indochina War cannot be understood...

   To Be Published June 11th 2012 by Routledge
4. Southeast Asia and the Cold War

   Edited by Albert Lau

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

   The origins and the key defining moments of the Cold War in Southeast Asia have been widely debated. This book focuses on an area that has received less attention, the impact and legacy of the Cold War on the various countries in the region, as well as on the region itself. The book contributes to...

   To Be Published June 11th 2012 by Routledge
5. Alcohol in World History

   By Gina Hames

   Series: Themes in World History

   From the origins of drinking to the use and abuse of alcohol in the present day, this global historical study draws on approaches and research from biology, anthropology, sociology and psychology. Topics covered include: the impact of colonialism alcohol before the world economy...

   To Be Published June 17th 2012 by Routledge
6. Genocide since 1945

   By Philip Spencer

   Series: The Making of the Contemporary World

   In 1948 the United Nations passed the Genocide Convention. The international community was now obligated to prevent or halt what had hitherto, in Winston Churchill’s words, been a "crime without a name", and to punish the perpetrators. Since then, however, genocide has recurred repeatedly. Millions...

   To Be Published June 20th 2012 by Routledge
7. Centuries of Genocide

   Essays and Eyewitness Accounts, 4th Edition

   Edited by Samuel Totten, William S. Parsons

   The fourth edition of Centuries of Genocide: Essays and Eyewitness Accounts addresses examples of genocides perpetrated in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. Each chapter of the book is written by a recognized expert in the field, collectively demonstrating a wide range of disciplinary...

   To Be Published July 15th 2012 by Routledge
8. Shame, Blame, and Culpability

   Crime and violence in the modern state

   Edited by David Nash, Judith Rowbotham, Marianna Muravyeva

   Series: Routledge SOLON Explorations in Crime and Criminal Justice Histories

   This ground-breaking collection of research-based chapters addresses the themes of shame, blame and culpability in their historical perspective in the broad area of crime, violence and the modern state, drawing on less familiar territories such as Russia and Greece, not just on material from...

   To Be Published July 23rd 2012 by Routledge
9. Haitian History

   New Perspectives

   Edited by Alyssa Sepinwall

   Series: Rewriting Histories

   Despite Haiti's proximity to the United States, and its considerable importance to our own history, Haiti barely registered in the historic consciousness of most Americans until recently. Those who struggled to understand Haiti's suffering in the earthquake of 2010 often spoke of it as the the...

   To Be Published August 9th 2012 by Routledge
10. Mergers, Acquisitions and Global Empires

    Tolerance, Diversity and the Success of M&A

    By Ko Unoki

    Companies that have acquired other enterprises through mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have in essence become entities that are akin to the global "empires" of history. In this book, the author weaves a unique narrative that looks at both empires of business created from M&A and global...

    To Be Published August 19th 2012 by Routledge