Routledge Studies in Cultural History
About the Book Series
This series aims to present both case studies and the latest theoretical perspectives on the subject. It is not confined to any particular period or school of thought and seeks to provide a broad range of topics and events from around the world.
Fascism and the Masses: The Revolt Against the Last Humans, 1848-1945
1st Edition
By Ishay Landa
December 17, 2019
Highlighting the "mass" nature of interwar European fascism has long become commonplace. Throughout the years, numerous critics have construed fascism as a phenomenon of mass society, perhaps the ultimate expression of mass politics. This study deconstructs this long-standing perception. It argues ...
Donations, Inheritance and Property in the Nordic and Western World from Late Antiquity until Today
1st Edition
Edited
By Ole-Albert Rønning, Helle Møller Sigh, Helle Vogt
December 12, 2019
Donations, Inheritance and Property in the Nordic and Western World from Late Antiquity until Today presents an examination of Nordic donation and gift-giving practices in the Nordic and Western world, beginning in late Antiquity and extending through to the present day. Through chapters ...
Cultural Histories of Crime in Denmark, 1500 to 2000
1st Edition
Edited
By Tyge Krogh, Louise Nyholm Kallestrup, Claus Bundgård Christensen
December 10, 2019
Taking the kingdom of Denmark as its frame of reference, this volume presents a range of close analyses that shed light on the construction and deconstruction of crime and criminals, on criminal cultures and on crime control from 1500 to 2000.Historically, there have been major changes in the legal...
Respectability as Moral Map and Public Discourse in the Nineteenth Century
1st Edition
By Woodruff D. Smith
December 10, 2019
Despite the fact that respectability is universally recognized as a feature of nineteenth-century society, it has seldom been studied as a subject in itself. In this path-breaking book, Woodruff D. Smith interprets respectability as a highly significant cultural phenomenon, incorporating both a ...
The British Anti-Psychiatrists: From Institutional Psychiatry to the Counter-Culture, 1960-1971
1st Edition
By Oisín Wall
December 10, 2019
The British anti-psychiatric group, which formed around R.D. Laing, David Cooper, and Aaron Esterson in the 1960s, burned bright, but briefly, and has left a long legacy. This book follows their practical, social, and theoretical trajectory away from the structured world of institutional psychiatry...
The Romantic Idea of the Golden Age in Friedrich Schlegel's Philosophy of History
1st Edition
By Asko Nivala
December 10, 2019
The nineteenth-century Romantic understanding of history is often confused with the longing for the past Golden Age. In this book, the Romantic idea of Golden Age is seen from a new angle by discussing it in the context of Friedrich Schlegel’s works. Interestingly, Schlegel argued that ...
Tattoo Histories: Transcultural Perspectives on the Narratives, Practices, and Representations of Tattooing
1st Edition
Edited
By Sinah Theres Kloß
November 28, 2019
Tattoo Histories is an edited volume which analyses and discusses the relevance of tattooing in the socio-cultural construction of bodies, boundaries, and identities, among both individuals and groups. Its interdisciplinary approach facilitates historical as well as contemporary perspectives. ...
Print Culture and the Formation of the Anarchist Movement in Spain, 1890-1915
1st Edition
By James Michael Yeoman
October 08, 2019
This book analyzes the formation of a mass anarchist movement in Spain over the turn of the twentieth century. In this period, the movement was transformed from a dislocated collection of groups and individuals into the largest organized body of anarchists in world history: the anarcho-syndicalist ...
Who Was William Hickey?: A Crafted Life in Georgian England and Imperial India
1st Edition
By James R. Farr
September 25, 2019
This book analyzes an example of life-writing, an autobiography that was written in the early nineteenth century and will appeal to readers of many disciplines who are interested in understanding the interconnectedness of memory, textual narrative, and ideas of selfhood. Moreover, this book ...
Musical Culture and the Spirit of Irish Nationalism, 1848–1972
1st Edition
By Richard Parfitt
August 27, 2019
Musical Culture and the Spirit of Irish Nationalism is the first comprehensive history of music’s relationship with Irish nationalist politics. Addressing rebel songs, traditional music and dance, national anthems and protest song, the book draws upon an unprecedented volume of material to explore ...
Higher Education and the Growth of Knowledge: A Historical Outline of Aims and Tensions
1st Edition
By Michael Segre
July 22, 2019
This book sketches the history of higher education, in parallel with the development of science. Its goal is to draw attention to the historical tensions between the aims of higher education and those of science, in the hope of contributing to improving the contemporary university. A helpful tool ...
Luxury and Gender in European Towns, 1700-1914
1st Edition
Edited
By Deborah Simonton, Marjo Kaartinen, Anne Montenach
June 04, 2019
This book conceives the role of the modern town as a crucial place for material and cultural circulations of luxury. It concentrates on a critical period of historical change, the long eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, that was marked by the passage from a society of scarcity to one of ...