Routledge Approaches to History
Digital Methods, Multimodal Narratives and the Representation of Historical Knowledge: History 3.0
1st Edition
By Ewelina Gdaniec
April 05, 2027
Digital Methods, Multimodal Narratives and the Representation of Historical Knowledge develops History 3.0 as a methodological framework for understanding what happens to historical knowledge when the past is no longer only written, but searched, visualised, mapped, simulated, played and generated....
Center, Margins, and the Making of Historical Knowledge in Poland: The Productive Periphery, 1945 to 1998
1st Edition
By Marta Kurkowska-Budzan
February 10, 2027
How is historical knowledge made far from the centres of academic power? Center, Margins, and the Making of Historical Knowledge in Poland traces the production of history on the margins of a centralised academic system, from the end of World War II to the founding of the Institute of National ...
Towards a Critique of Methodological Presentism in Migration Research: A Focus on Denmark
1st Edition
By Garbi Schmidt
December 28, 2026
This book investigates the benefits of integrating history, sociology, and ethnography to better understand migration and its consequences, using Denmark’s history of migration as a case study. Although migration research is an interdisciplinary field, much research on migration still occurs in ...
Profitability and Economic Rationality of Slavery in a Historical Perspective
1st Edition
Edited
By Elena Devecchi, Marcello Valente
November 09, 2026
Profitability and Economic Rationality of Slavery in a Historical Perspective examines slavery as an economic institution across the longue duree, from the ancient Near East and classical Mediterranean to the modern Atlantic world. Moving beyond traditional moral or ideological interpretations, the...
The Lost Human and the Real End of History: The English Revolution and the Capitalist Roots of Environmental Crisis
1st Edition
By George Yerby
October 15, 2026
This book analyses the transformation in 16th- and 17th- century English economic life that overturned the traditional restraints of the medieval economy for the commercial ethos that governs the modern world, and the resulting imbalance which opened the way to the environmental breakdown of today....
Class Differentiation in Contemporary Rural Societies
1st Edition
Edited
By Lisandro Cañón, Alba Díaz-Geada Geada
August 09, 2026
This book recenters the agrarian question within contemporary capitalism, examining social differentiation in rural societies through a rigorous historical-comparative lens. It positions agrarian transformation as a critical prism for understanding capital's evolution, territorial reconfigurations,...
The History of Education as History of Knowledge: Exploring Methods and Sources
1st Edition
Edited
By Joel Barnes, Jona T. Garz, Fanny Isensee, Joakim Landahl, Björn Lundberg, Daniel Töpper
August 09, 2026
The History of Education as History of Knowledge brings together international scholars to explore how the emerging field of the history of knowledge can enrich the well-established history of education. While recent research in the history of knowledge has examined actors, practices, and ...
Decontesting Historical Consciousness
1st Edition
By Apostolos Spanos
July 30, 2026
Decontesting Historical Consciousness provides a comprehensive exploration of historical consciousness, redefining it not just as an academic concept but as a fundamental human state of mind essential for navigating the modern world. By approaching historical consciousness from an ontological ...
The Theory of Collective Reconciliation: A Trinity of Recognition, Responsibility and Reparation
1st Edition
By Vahagn Avedian
July 20, 2026
What does reconciliation mean and entail? Is collective reconciliation for entire societies or nations possible? This book aims to present it as a highly achievable albeit difficult and complex goal requiring political and collective commitment, resources, and – most importantly – the will to ...
Capitalist Cold: Emotions and the Economy in Europe and the United States
1st Edition
Edited
By Agnes Arndt, Kerstin Maria Pahl
July 19, 2026
The capitalist system has often been described by its critics as a heartless economic structure corroding social bonds and symbolic values. Its defenders and analysts likewise use narratives that position emotions as central to the economy. This book enquires into the history of these framings. To ...
Religion, History and Identity Construction: Identity Games
1st Edition
By Tamer Balcı
July 05, 2026
Religion, History and Identity Construction: Identity Games covers the historiographical shift from universalistic monogenist narratives to chauvinistic polygenist narratives in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It offers a detailed study of the intellectual thought and socio-political ...
Key Metaphors for History: Mirrors of Time
1st Edition
By Javier Fernández-Sebastián
May 22, 2026
This book casts a fresh look at what to date has been a relatively unexplored question: the enormous value and usefulness of the metaphor in the understanding and writing of history (and at the historical culture reflected by these metaphors). Mapping a wide range of tropes present in ...