Political History Books

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1. 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)

2. Globalization and the World Oil Industry: A History

   By Paul Chastko

   Globalization and the World Oil Industry explains the dramatic transformation to the world petroleum industry in the 20th century from its modest beginnings as a source of illumination to its status today as the driving force behind the world economy. The book places the development of the industry...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-80648-0 | Hardback (Routledge)

3. The Major Laws and Decrees of the Third Reich: A History and Guide with Texts

   Edited by J.A.S. Grenville, Jeremy Noakes

   The Major Laws and Decrees of the Third Reich is a collection of all the principal laws and decrees brought in over the period of Nazi rule in Germany in the 1930s and 1940s. The book contains not only the full text in translation of the major legislation of the period, but also many of the...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-46714-8 | Hardback (Routledge)

4. Thomas Hobbes and Carl Schmitt: Order, Myth, and the Politics of Concealment

   Edited by Johan Tralau

   Thomas Hobbes, the English 17th century philosopher, and Carl Schmitt, Hitler’s ‘crown jurist’, a political thinker and author of an enigmatic book on Hobbes, are increasingly relevant today for two reasons. First, they address the problem of political order, so important when we witness failed...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-46264-8 | Hardback (Routledge)

5. Rethinking the Asian American Movement

   By Daryl Maeda

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-80082-2 | Paperback (Routledge)

6. Rethinking the Welfare Rights Movement

   By Premilla Nadasen

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-80086-0 | Paperback (Routledge)

7. Theorizing Medieval Geopolitics: War and World Order in the Age of the Crusades

   By Andrew Latham

   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...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-87184-6 | Hardback (Routledge)

8. Bilderberg People: Inside the Exclusive Global Elite

   By Ian Richardson, Andrew Kakabadse, Nada Kakabadse

   Bilderberg People explores the hidden mechanisms of influence at work in the private world, and personal interactions, of the transnational power elite. It is not concerned with conspiracy theories; instead it is about certain fundamental forces that shape the world in which we live. These forces,...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-57635-2 | Paperback (Routledge)

9. Roman Elections in the Age of Cicero

   By Rachel Feig Vishnia

   Great debate exists amongst classical historians on the nature of Roman republican government. Some contend that the Roman Republic was governed by a small group of aristocratic families that entrenched their rule by means of long-standing alliances and an intricate network of loyal clients from...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-87969-9 | Hardback (Routledge)

10. Globalizing Human Rights: Private Citizens, the Soviet Union, and the West

    By Christian Peterson

    This book explores the complexities of the role human rights played in US-Soviet and Western Europe-Soviet relations through the prism of globalization. Author Christian Peterson moves beyond the confines of standard ‘state-centric’ works that privilege the behavior of either the US executive...

    April 2011 | 978-0-415-88511-9 | Hardback (Routledge)