Weimar Cities

The Challenge of Urban Modernity in Germany, 1919–1933

By John Bingham

Weimar Cities explores Germany's efforts to come to grips with its great cities after World War I; by extension the book measures the feasibility of the postwar...

Published July 31st 2007 by Routledge.

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Film, History and Cultural Citizenship

Sites of Production

Edited by Tina Mai Chen, David S. Churchill

This new book investigates the relationship of film to history, power, memory, and cultural citizenship. The book is concerned with two central issues: firstly, the...

Published July 4th 2007 by Routledge.

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Jewish Eating and Identity Through the Ages

By David C. Kraemer

This book explores the history of Jewish eating and Jewish identity, from the Bible to the present. The lessons of this book rest squarely on...

Published June 26th 2007 by Routledge.

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Spaces of Consumption

Leisure and Shopping in the English Town, c.1680–1830

By Jon Stobart, Andrew Hann, Victoria Morgan

Consumption is well established as a key theme in the study of the eighteenth century. Spaces of Consumption brings a new dimension to this subject...

Published June 21st 2007 by Routledge.

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African American Feminisms, 1828–1923

Edited by Teresa Zackodnik

The black women's club movement is frequently seen as definitive of "first-wave" African American feminism. However, this six-volume collection from the History of Feminism series...

Published June 7th 2007 by Routledge.

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Witchcraft Myths in American Culture

By Marion Gibson

A fascinating examination of how Americans think about and write about witches, from the 'real' witches tried and sometimes executed in early New England to...

Published June 6th 2007 by Routledge.

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Women in Science

A Social and Cultural History

By Ruth Watts

The first book of its kind to provide a full and comprehensive historical grounding of the contemporary issues of gender and women in science.

Women in...

Published June 6th 2007 by Routledge.

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Genre and Cinema

Ireland and Transnationalism

Edited by Brian McIlroy

This impressive volume takes a broad critical look at Irish and Irish-related cinema through the lens of genre theory and criticism. Secondary and related objectives...

Published May 11th 2007 by Routledge.

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Nations Matter

Culture, History and the Cosmopolitan Dream

By Craig Calhoun

Craig Calhoun, one of the most respected social scientists in the world, re-examines nationalism in light of post-1989 enthusiasm for globalization and the new anxieties...

Published April 19th 2007 by Routledge.

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Consuming Habits

Global and Historical Perspectives on How Cultures Define Drugs

Edited by Jordan Goodman, Paul E. Lovejoy, Andrew Sherratt

Covering a wide range of substances, including opium, cocaine, coffee, tobacco, kola, and betelnut, from prehistory to the present day, this new edition has been...

Published April 10th 2007 by Routledge.

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