Routledge Studies in Modern History
Palestine between Storm and Strife: Colonialism, Crisis, and Consequences (1947-2025)
1st Edition
By Labeeb Ahmed Bsoul
September 01, 2026
This volume offers a comprehensive historical, political, and analytical account of the Palestinian question, spanning from the critical years preceding the 1948 Nakba to the contemporary period. Covering nearly eight decades, the book examines the intersecting dynamics of colonialism, ...
Unraveling Transnational Merchant Networks, ca. 1685–1825: Roots of an American Commercial Presence in Brazil
1st Edition
By Laura Jarnagin
August 31, 2026
This book examines merchant networks from the unique perspective of moving backward in time from a specific outcome—the founding of an American commission house in Brazil in the early 1800s—to uncover a century-and-a-half’s worth of the transnational networking that led to its existence. ...
Gender, Women and the Indian Emergency, 1975-1977
1st Edition
By Gemma Scott
August 27, 2026
India’s State of Emergency (1975-1977) is one of the most controversial moments in the country’s history since independence. During this infamous 21-month period, Indira Gandhi’s government suspended constitutional rights, postponed elections, censored the press and arrested opposition, as well as ...
Memory and the Holocaust: Descendants of Survivors and Family History
1st Edition
Edited
By Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz, David Clark
August 27, 2026
The importance of recording testimony of Holocaust survivors is well understood. While empowering the survivor and adding another layer of documentation about the cataclysm, it also serves as a bulwark against Holocaust denial. The same holds true for helping survivors pen their memoirs, or when ...
(Post)Colonial Ports: Place and (Non)Place in the Ecotone
1st Edition
Edited
By Jill Didur, Nalini Mohabir
August 26, 2026
This book examines the role of (post)colonial ports in creating and shaping the ecotonal, cultural, historical, material, environmental, socio-political, and economic contexts in formerly colonized regions, spanning the Caribbean, Africa, North America, Europe, and the Pacific. The essays assess ...
Danuta Mostwin: At Home in Exile between Europe and America (1921–2010)
1st Edition
By Beata Halicka
August 20, 2026
Exploring the life and contributions of Danuta Mostwin, a Polish American social scientist, writer, and chronicler of immigrant experiences, this book traces her journey from wartime Poland through post-war exile in Britain and the United States. It highlights her intellectual achievements, ...
Jewish Refugees and the International Community between the Two World Wars: Beyond the State
1st Edition
By Giuseppe Motta
August 06, 2026
This book utilises extensive documentary research from the archives of the League of Nations and the Joint Distribution Committee to analyse the displacement of the Jewish population in East-Central Europe and how this issue influenced the development of international law and institutions. By ...
Deaf German Missionary Berta Foster (1939-2018) and Deaf Education in West Africa: A Woman in the Background
1st Edition
By Anja Werner
July 31, 2026
In 1960, 21-year-old Berta Zuther left her life in West Berlin behind to join African American missionary Andrew Foster in Ghana, thus embarking on a journey that would span three continents and result in the establishment of schools for the deaf across Africa. Berta and Andrew were both deaf ...
1982, Lebanon and the Road to War: Decision-Making on the Road to War and During It
1st Edition
By Yigal Kipnis
July 20, 2026
On June 6, 1982, the Israeli Defence Forces entered Lebanon for what was billed as a relatively limited operation. In reality, the Lebanon War claimed many lives and undermined public trust in decision-makers. Through newly published archival documents, this book explores the events that led to the...
Building Europe in New York: From the Munich Conference to the European Coal and Steel Community (1938–1952)
1st Edition
By Enrico Ciappi
July 20, 2026
This book reappraises the origins of the European Union through the lens of the private experts who advised Western governments on war and peace throughout the 1940s, particularly the partnership between the so-called 'Father of Europe' Jean Monnet and the US think tank Council on Foreign Relations...
Catholics and Political Violence in the Twentieth Century: A Global History
1st Edition
By Lucia Ceci
July 20, 2026
Catholics and Political Violence in the Twentieth Century presents a historical reconstruction of the ways in which Catholics have justified the recourse to political violence during the twentieth century, a period marked by major wars, nationalisms, decolonization, ideological clashes, and ...
The Essential Speeches of the Cold War: A Primary Source Collection
1st Edition
By Sean Brennan
July 20, 2026
This book is a primary source collection of 30 speeches of the Cold War from 1917 to 1991, representing a cross section of leaders on all sides of the conflict from North America, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia. As ideological conflict between superpowers returns to the world, it is more ...