European History Books

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31. François Blondel

    Architecture, Erudition, and the Scientific Revolution

    By Anthony Gerbino

    Series: The Classical Tradition in Architecture

    First director of the Académie royale d’architecture, François Blondel established a lasting model for architectural education that helped transform a still largely medieval profession into the one we recognize today. Most well known for his 1676 urban plan of Paris, Blondel is also celebrated as...

    Published February 28th 2013 by Routledge
32. 1948 and 1968 – Dramatic Milestones in Czech and Slovak History

    Edited by Laura Cashman

    Series: Routledge Europe-Asia Studies

    This volume has been published to coincide with the anniversaries of two significant milestones in Czech and Slovak history – the establishment of communist rule in 1948 and the Prague Spring of 1968 – and in anticipation of the 20th anniversary of the 1989 ‘Velvet Revolution’. Given the ultimate...

    Published February 26th 2013 by Routledge
33. Reassessing Cold War Europe

    Edited by Sari Autio-Sarasmo, Katalin Miklóssy

    Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe

    This book presents a comprehensive reassessment of Europe in the Cold War period, 1945-91. Contrary to popular belief, it shows that relations between East and West were based not only on confrontation and mutual distrust, but also on collaboration. The authors reveal that - despite opposing...

    Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
34. Ancient Greece at Work

    By G. Glotz

    Originally published between 1920-1970,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social sciences, and during a period of decisive historical discovery. The aim of the general editor, C.K. Ogden, was to summarize...

    Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
35. Germany, France, Russia and Islam (Routledge Revivals)

    By Heinrich Von Treitschke

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    Heinrich Von Treitschke was a prolific German historian and political writer during the nineteenth century. In Germany, France, Russia and Islam, first published in 1915, he considers European diplomatic relations from the patriotic perspective of imperial Germany, in particular examining...

    Published January 23rd 2013 by Routledge
36. The History of Bankruptcy

    Economic, Social and Cultural Implications in Early Modern Europe

    Edited by Thomas Max Safley

    Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History

    This volume takes up bankruptcy in early modern Europe, when its frequency made it not only an economic problem but a personal tragedy and a social evil. Using legal, business and personal records, the essays in this volume examine the impact of failure on business organizations and practices,...

    Published January 17th 2013 by Routledge
37. Analysing Fascist Discourse

    European Fascism in Talk and Text

    Edited by Ruth Wodak, John E. Richardson

    Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Discourse

    This book focuses primarily on continuities and discontinuities of fascist politics as manifested in discourses of post-war European countries. Many traumatic pasts in Europe are linked to the experience of fascist and national-socialist regimes in the 20th century and to related colonial and...

    Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
38. Giordano Bruno & Hermetic Trad

    Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
39. Russia’s International Relations in the Twentieth Century

    By Alastair Kocho-Williams

    Russia has long been a major player in the international relations arena, but only by examining the whole century can Russian foreign policy be properly understood, and the key questions as to the impact of war, of revolution, of collapse, the emergence of the Cold War and Russia’s post-Soviet...

    Published December 9th 2012 by Routledge
40. Gender in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe

    Edited by Marianna Muravyeva, Raisa Maria Toivo

    Series: Routledge Research in Gender and History

    This project is an attempt to challenge the canonical gender concept while trying to specify what gender was in the medieval and early modern world. Despite the emphasis on individual, identity and difference that past research claims, much of this history still focuses on hierarchical or...

    Published December 3rd 2012 by Routledge