European History Books

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21. Captivity, Forced Labour and Forced Migration in Europe during the First World War

    Edited by Matthew Stibbe

    The notion of the First World War as 'the great seminal catastrophe' (Urkatastrophe) of the twentieth century is now firmly established in historiography. Yet astonishingly little has been written about the fate of non-combatants in occupied and non-occupied territory, including civilian...

    Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
22. Six Years of Hitler (RLE Responding to Fascism)

    The Jews Under the Nazi Regime

    By G Warburg

    Series: Routledge Library Editions

    The extent to which Jews were being actively persecuted in Germany through the 1930’s was a hotly debated issue, with many apologists downplaying the centrality of race in Nazi ideology. This book, first published in 1939, provided a clear counter argument to this position. Based on official German...

    Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
23. A History of National Socialism (RLE Responding to Fascism)

    By Konrad Heiden

    Series: Routledge Library Editions

    Konrad Heiden was an influential journalist and historian of the Weimar Republic and Nazi Eras. He became an early critic of National Socialism after attending a party meeting in 1920. First published in English in 1934, A History of National Socialism provides a detailed account of the growth of...

    Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
24. Enter Mussolini (RLE Responding to Fascism)

    Observations and Adventures of an Anti-Fascist

    By Emilio Lussu

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Responding to Fascism

    Emilio Lussu was an Italian MP and Professor of Political Economy, who was imprisoned because of his opposition to Mussolini. In 1929 he escaped with two fellow prisoners from the island of Lipari. Enter Mussolini combines an account of Mussolini’s rise to power and a critique of the Italian...

    Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
25. Landscape and Memory in Post-Fascist Italian Film

    Cinema Year Zero

    By Giuliana Minghelli

    Series: Routledge Advances in Film Studies

    This study argues that neorealism’s visual genius is inseparable from its almost invisible relation to the Fascist past: a connection inscribed in cinematic landscapes. While largely a silent narrative, neorealism’s complex visual processing of two decades of Fascism remains the greatest cultural...

    Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
26. The Fall of the Iron Curtain and the Culture of Europe

    Edited by Peter I. Barta

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

    The end of communism in Europe has tended to be discussed mainly in the context of political science and history. This book, in contrast, assesses the cultural consequences for Europe of the disappearance of the Soviet bloc. Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, the book examines the new...

    Published April 10th 2013 by Routledge
27. Soviet Marxism and Natural Science

    1917-1932

    By David Joravsky

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: History & Philosophy of Science

    Originally published in 1961. Russian Marxist philosophy of science originated among men and women who gave their whole lives to rebellion against established authority. The original tension within Marxist philosophy between positivism and metaphysics was repressed but not resolved in this first...

    Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
28. Memorylands

    Heritage and Identity in Europe Today

    By Sharon Macdonald

    Memorylands is an original and fascinating investigation of the nature of heritage, memory and understandings of the past in Europe today. It looks at how Europe has become a ’memoryland’ – littered with material reminders of the past, such as museums, heritage sites and memorials; and at how this...

    Published April 1st 2013 by Routledge
29. Female Agency in the Urban Economy

    Gender in European Towns, 1640-1830

    Edited by Deborah Simonton, Anne Montenach

    Series: Routledge Research in Gender and History

    This innovative new book is overtly and explicitly about female agency in eighteenth-century European towns. However, it positions female activity and decisions unequivocally in an urban world of institutions, laws, regulations, customs and ideologies. Gender politics complicated and shaped the...

    Published March 25th 2013 by Routledge
30. Europe and the World, 1650-1830

    By Professor Jeremy Black, Jeremy Black

    Europe and the World, 1650-1830 is an important thematic study of the first age of globalisation. It surveys the interaction of Europe, Europe's growing colonies and other major global powers, such as the Ottoman Empire, China, India and Japan. Focusing on Europe's impact on the world, Jeremy Black...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge