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351. Impressions of Southern Italy

     Travel Writing from Swinburne to Douglas

     By Sharon Ouditt

     Series: Routledge Research in Travel Writing

     Naples was conventionally the southernmost stop of the Grand Tour beyond which, it was assumed, lay violent disorder: earthquakes, malaria, bandits, inhospitable inns, few roads and appalling food. On the other hand, Southern Italy lay at the heart of Magna Graecia, whose legends were hard-wired...

     To Be Published October 31st 2013 by Routledge
352. John F. Kennedy

     The Spirit of Cold War Liberalism

     By Jason K. Duncan

     Series: Routledge Historical Americans

     Half a century after his assassination, John F. Kennedy continues to evoke widespread fascination, looming large in America’s historical memory. Popular portrayals often show Kennedy as a mythic, heroic figure, but these depictions can obscure the details of the president’s actual achievements and...

     To Be Published November 3rd 2013 by Routledge
353. Media Today

     Mass Communication in a Converging World, 5th Edition

     By Joseph Turow

     Media Today uses convergence as a lens that puts students at the center of the profound changes in the 21st century media world. Through the convergence lens they learn to think critically about the role of media today and what these changes mean for their lives presently and in the future. The...

     To Be Published November 4th 2013 by Routledge
354. Famines in European Economic History

     The Last Great European Famines Reconsidered

     Edited by Declan Curran, Lubomyr Luciuk, Andrew Newby

     Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History

     This volume re-evaluates economic and geographical aspects of famine in European history, though a comparative study of the Irish Famine 1845-1848, the Finnish Famine (1868) and the Ukraine Famine (Holodmor) of 1932-33. In each case, the book explores: An empirical overview of the pre-and...

     To Be Published November 4th 2013 by Routledge
355. Spiritualism, 1840-1930

     Edited by Patricia Pulham, Christine Ferguson, Rosario Arias, Tatiana Kontou

     Series: Victorian Concepts

     SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY PRICE! (Valid until 3 months after publication) Since its advent in the 1840s, modern spiritualism has been a topic of popular interest and critical scrutiny. Spiritualism gained increasing prominence in the second half of the nineteenth century, and developed as a religious...

     To Be Published November 14th 2013 by Routledge
356. The Atlantic Connection

     A History of the Atlantic World, 1450-1900

     By Anna Suranyi

     The Atlantic Connection takes up the major themes of Atlantic history focusing on the interconnections of the Atlantic world from 1450-1900. During this period, ships, goods, diseases, human beings and ideas flowed across the ocean, tying together the Atlantic basin in a complex web of...

     To Be Published November 14th 2013 by Routledge
357. Mary Magdalene in Medieval Culture

     Conflicted Roles

     Edited by Peter Loewen, Robin Waugh

     Series: Routledge Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture

     This innovative and multidisciplinary collection visits representations and interpretations of Mary Magdalene in the medieval and early modern periods, questioning major scholarly assumptions behind the examination of female saints and their depictions in medieval artworks, literature, and music....

     To Be Published November 14th 2013 by Routledge
358. The Great War

     An Imperial History

     By John H. Morrow

     The Great War is a landmark history that firmly places the First World War in the context of imperialism. Set to overturn conventional accounts of what happened during this, the first truly international conflict, it extends the study of the First World War beyond the confines of Europe and the...

     To Be Published November 14th 2013 by Routledge
359. Environmental History in East Asia

     Interdisciplinary Perspectives

     Edited by Tsui-jung Liu

     Series: Academia Sinica on East Asia

     This book provides the most comprehensive examination of environmental history in East Asia, ranging temporally from the Ming dynasty to the 21st Century and spatially across China, Japan and Taiwan. Split into three parts, the contributors write on fascinating topics assessing the...

     To Be Published November 14th 2013 by Routledge
360. Large Databases in Economic History

     Research Methods and Case Studies

     Edited by Mark Casson, Nigar Hashimzade

     Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History

     ‘Big data’ is now readily available to economic historians, thanks to the digitisation of primary sources, collaborative research linking different data sets, and the publication of databases on the internet. Key economic indicators, such as the consumer price index, can be tracked over long...

     To Be Published November 16th 2013 by Routledge