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1. Geopolitics, Strategy and the Transformation of Civilisations

   By Leonard Hochberg, James D. Hardy

   This new book captures how the uncertainties associated with the emergence of adversarial interstate relations transformed early civilizations. Leading authors compare the interaction of geopolitical and strategic thought in ancient Hebrew, Hindu, Chinese and Greek; and in the Muslim and...

   July 2011 | 978-0-7146-5713-4 | Hardback (Routledge)

2. Environmentalism since 1945

   By Gary Haq, Alistair Paul

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-60182-5 | Paperback (Routledge)

3. Chicago Korean-Americans: Identity and Politics in a Transnational Community

   By Jung-Sun Park

   Based on a Chicago Korean-American case, this dissertation examines the transformation of identity and politics in a transnational immigrant community in the late 1980s and early 1990s....

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-94881-4 | Hardback (Routledge)

4. Understanding Medieval England: A new social history and archaeology 1000-1550

   By Neil Rushton, Colin Platt

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-39722-3 | Paperback (Routledge)

5. Routledge Handbook of Indian and South Asian History

   Edited by Crispin Bates

   This Handbook presents key issues in Indian and South Asian history from earliest time to 1947, with an emphasis on the modern period since 1600. Written by experts in their respective areas, the Handbook introduces the reader to the field. The book is structured chronologically and highlights...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-48978-2 | Hardback (Routledge)

6. Alan S. Milward and a Century of European Change

   Edited by Frances Lynch, Fernando Guirao, SIGFRIDO M. RAMIREZ PEREZ

   Alan Steele Milward’s work on 19th- and 20th-century history remains at the forefront of numerous contemporary debates. It covers many disciplines: economic, political, and diplomatic history; political science; economics; international relations; and European Studies in general. Professor Milward...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-87853-1 | Hardback (Routledge)

7. Founding Figures and Commentators in Arabic Mathematics: A History of Arabic Sciences and Mathematics Volume 1

   By Roshdi Rashed

   This volume provides a unique primary source on the history and philosophy of mathematics and science from the mediaeval Arab world. It also includes extensive commentary from one of world’s foremost authorities on the subject....

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-58217-9 | Hardback (Routledge)

8. Ibn al-Haytham & Mathematics: A History of Arabic Sciences and Mathematics Volume 2

   By Roshdi Rashed

   This volume provides a unique primary source on the history and philosophy of mathematics and science from the mediaeval Arab world. It also includes extensive commentary from one of world’s foremost authorities....

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-58218-6 | Hardback (Routledge)

9. Time and Justice: History, Memory, and State-Sponsored Violence

   By Berber Bevernage

   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....

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-88340-5 | Hardback (Routledge)

10. Empire, Nationalism and Inter-Cultural Dialogue: Rabindranath Tagore’s Writings on History, Politics and Society

    By Michael Collins

    This book presents a new interpretation Rabindranath Tagore’s English language writings and his encounters with Western cultural and intellectual figures. It places the work of India's greatest nobel prize winner and cultural nationalist in the context of other colonial and postcolonial thinkers...

    June 2011 | 978-0-415-59395-3 | Hardback (Routledge)