Routledge Histories
About the Book Series
The Routledge Histories is a series of landmark books surveying some of the most important topics and themes in history today. Edited and written by an international team of world-renowned experts, they are the works against which all future books on their subjects will be judged.
The Routledge History of American Science
1st Edition
Edited
By Timothy W. Kneeland
April 13, 2025
The Routledge History of American Science provides an essential companion to the most significant themes within the subject area. The field of the history of science continues to grow and expand into new areas and to adopt new theories to explain the role of science and its connections to ...
The Routledge History of Modern Latin American Migration
1st Edition
Edited
By Andreas E. Feldmann, Xochitl Bada, Jorge Durand, Stephanie Schütze
April 13, 2025
The Routledge History of Modern Latin American Migration offers a systematic account of population movements to and from the region over the last 150 years, spanning from the massive transoceanic migration of the 1870s to contemporary intraregional and transnational movements. The volume ...
The Routledge History of Police Brutality in America
1st Edition
Edited
By Thomas Aiello
April 13, 2025
This handbook offers a comprehensive historical overview and analysis of police brutality in US history and the variety of ways it has manifested itself. Police brutality has been a defining controversy of the modern age, brought into focus most readily by the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis ...
The Routledge History of Loneliness
1st Edition
Edited
By Katie Barclay, Elaine Chalus, Deborah Simonton
December 19, 2024
The Routledge History of Loneliness takes a multidisciplinary approach to the history of a modern emotion, exploring its form and development across cultures from the seventeenth century to the present. Bringing together thirty scholars from various disciplines, including history, anthropology, ...
The Routledge History of Emotions in the Modern World
1st Edition
Edited
By Katie Barclay, Peter N. Stearns
May 27, 2024
The Routledge History of Emotions in the Modern World brings together a diverse array of scholars to offer an overview of the current and emerging scholarship of emotions in the modern world. Across thirty-six chapters, this work enters the field of emotion from a range of angles. Named emotions ...
The Routledge Global History of Feminism
1st Edition
Edited
By Bonnie G. Smith, Nova Robinson
September 25, 2023
Based on the scholarship of a global team of diverse authors, this wide-ranging handbook surveys the history and current status of pro-women thought and activism over millennia. The book traces the complex history of feminism across the globe, presenting its many identities, its heated debates, ...
The Routledge History of U.S. Foreign Relations
1st Edition
Edited
By Tyson Reeder
September 25, 2023
The Routledge History of U.S. Foreign Relations provides a comprehensive view of U.S. diplomacy and foreign affairs from the founding to the present. With contributions from recognized experts from around the world, this volume unveils America’s long and complicated history on the world stage. It ...
The Routledge History of the Second World War
1st Edition
Edited
By Paul R. Bartrop
May 31, 2023
The Routledge History of the Second World War sums up the latest trends in the scholarship of that conflict, covering a range of major themes and issues. The book delivers a thematic analysis of the many ways in which study of the Second World War can take place, considering international, ...
The Routledge History of American Sexuality
1st Edition
Edited
By Kevin Murphy, Jason Ruiz, David Serlin
January 21, 2023
The Routledge History of American Sexuality brings together contributions from leading scholars in history and related fields to provide a far-reaching but concrete history of sexuality in the United States. This interdisciplinary group of authors explores a wide variety of case studies and ...
The Routledge History of Poverty, c.1450–1800
1st Edition
Edited
By David Hitchcock, Julia McClure
August 01, 2022
The Routledge History of Poverty, c.1450–1800 is a pioneering exploration of both the lives of the very poorest during the early modern period, and of the vast edifices of compassion and coercion erected around them by individuals, institutions, and states. The essays chart critical new directions...
The Routledge History of the Domestic Sphere in Europe: 16th to 19th Century
1st Edition
Edited
By Joachim Eibach, Margareth Lanzinger
August 01, 2022
This book addresses the multifaceted history of the domestic sphere in Europe from the Age of Reformation to the emergence of modern society. By focusing on daily practice, interaction and social relations, it shows continuities and social change in European history from an interior perspective. ...
The Routledge History of Death since 1800
1st Edition
Edited
By Peter N. Stearns
March 20, 2022
The Routledge History of Death Since 1800 looks at how death has been treated and dealt with in modern history – the history of the past 250 years – in a global context, through a mix of definite, often quantifiable changes and a complex, qualitative assessment of the subject. The book is divided ...