Jerusalem

Idea and Reality

Edited by Tamar Mayer, Suleiman A. Mourad

Jerusalem, the holy city of three faiths, has been the focus of competing historical, religious, and political narratives from Biblical chronicles to today’s headlines. With...

Published May 12th 2008 by Routledge.

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Making British Culture

English Readers and the Scottish Enlightenment, 1740-1830

By David Allan

Making British Culture explores an under-appreciated factor in the emergence of a recognisably British culture. Specifically, it examines the experiences of English readers between around...

Published May 9th 2008 by Routledge.

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First Strike

Preemptive War in Modern History

By Matthew J. Flynn

Preemptive warfare is the practice of attempting to avoid an enemy’s seemingly imminent attack by taking military action against them first. It is undertaken in...

Published May 5th 2008 by Routledge.

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Atlas of Medieval Britain

By Christopher Daniell

Christopher Daniell's Atlas of Medieval Britain presents a sweeping visual survey of Britain from the Roman occupation to 1485.

Annotated throughout with clear commentary, this...

Published May 3rd 2008 by Routledge.

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Islands and International Politics in the Persian Gulf

The Abu Musa and Tunbs in Strategic Context

By Kourosh Ahmadi

The position of the Persian Gulf as the main highway between East and West has long given this region special significance both within the Middle...

Published May 2nd 2008 by Routledge.

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Cricket in Colonial India 1780-1947

By Boria Majumdar

This is an exacting social history of Indian cricket between 1780 and 1947. It considers cricket as a derivative sport, creatively adapted to suit modern...

Published May 2nd 2008 by Routledge.

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Tolkien the Medievalist

Edited by JANE CHANCE

Interdisciplinary in approach, Tolkien the Medievalist provides a fresh perspective on J. R. R. Tolkien's Medievalism. In fifteen essays, eminent scholars and new voices explore...

Published May 1st 2008 by Routledge.

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Rethinking Historical Injustice and Reconciliation in Northeast Asia

The Korean Experience

Edited by Gi-Wook Shin, Soon-Won Park, Daqing Yang

Despite witnessing phenomenal economic growth and the spread of democratization in recent decades, as well as impressive intra-regional exchanges and interactions in the economic and...

Published May 1st 2008 by Routledge.

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Maps and Monsters in Medieval England

By Asa Simon Mittman

This study centers on issues of marginality and monstrosity in medieval England. In the middle ages, geography was viewed as divinely ordered, so Britain's location...

Published April 30th 2008 by Routledge.

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Nineteenth-Century Worlds

Global formations past and present

Edited by Keith Hanley, Greg Kucich

This volume assembles a wide range of studies that together provide—through their interdisciplinary range, international scope, and historical emphases—an original scholarly exploration of one of...

Published April 22nd 2008 by Routledge.

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