The Renaissance World

Edited by John Jeffries Martin

With an interdisciplinary approach that encompasses the history of ideas, political history, cultural history and art history, this volume, in the successful Routledge Worlds series,...

October 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45511-4 (Routledge)

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From Max Weber

Essays in Sociology

By Max Weber

Max Weber (1864-1920) was one of the most prolific and influential sociologists of the twentieth century. This classic collection draws together his key papers. This...

October 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-48269-1 (Routledge)

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Body and Mind

Sport in Europe from the Roman Empire to the Renaissance

By John McClelland

This is the first book to address the gap in the literature linking the physical culture of the ancient world with the beginnings of modern...

September 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-48499-2 (Routledge)

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Cricket and National Identity in the Postcolonial Age

Following On

Edited by Stephen Wagg

Bringing together leading international writers on cricket and society, this important new book places cricket in the postcolonial life of the major Test-playing countries. Exploring...

September 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-48489-3 (Routledge)

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Disability and/in Prose

Edited by Brenda J. Brueggemann, Marian E. Lupo

Through a series of critical essays this book concerns the relationships and possibilities in and between "prose" and "disability". It covers a diverse range from...

September 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49152-5 (Routledge)

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How the Irish Became White

By Noel Ignatiev

'…from time to time a study comes along that truly can be called ‘path breaking,’ ‘seminal,’ ‘essential,’ a ‘must read.’ How the Irish Became White...

September 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-96309-1 (Routledge)

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Leisure and Recreation in a Victorian Mining Community

The Social Economy of Leisure in North-East England, 1820-1914

By Alan Metcalfe

'Amusements they must have, or life would hardly be worth living...' Newcastle Weekly Chronicle, 1895

This text explores life in the mining villages of the north-east...

September 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-48491-6 (Routledge)

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Politics of Culture in Liberal Italy

From Unification to Fascism

By Axel Körner

With chapters on theatre and opera, architecture and urban planning, the medieval revival and the rediscovery of the Etruscan and Roman past, The Politics of...

August 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-96291-9 (Routledge)

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The History of Higher Education

Edited by Roy Lowe

This new Major Work is a five-volume collection in Routledge’s Major Themes in Education series. It charts the history and development of higher education. Encompassing...

August 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-37854-3 (Routledge)

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Desire

A History of European Sexuality

By Anna Clark

Desire: A History of European Sexuality is a sweeping survey of sexuality in Europe from the Greeks to the present day. It traces two concepts...

June 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77518-2 (Routledge)

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