Romanticism was a revolutionary intellectual and artistic movement which generated some of the most popular and influential texts in British and American literary history. This clear and engaging guide introduces the history, major writers and critical issues of this crucial era.

As relevant today as it was on first publication, the ABC of Relativity is a masterwork of scientific popularisation and an accessible introduction to Einstein’s theory of relativity.

Controversial and remarkably forward thinking, this book explores the changing role of marriage and codes of sexual ethics, and daringly sets out a new morality shaped by the dramatic societal changes which took place in the early parts of twentieth century.

In The Philosophy of Money, Georg Simmel provides us with a now classic discussion of the social, psychological and philosophical aspects of the money economy, full of brilliant insights into the forms that social relationships take.

The Transcendence of the Ego was one of Jean-Paul Sartre's earliest philosophical publications. This translation includes a thorough and illuminating introduction by Sarah Richmond, placing Sartre's essay in its philosophical and historical context.

Tells the story of how the oppressed became the oppressors; how Irish immigrants achieved acceptance among an initially hostile population in America, only by proving that they could be more brutal in their oppression of African Americans than the nativists.

People and Spaces explores our relationship with our environments, unveiling the unique ways that built environments and human behavior interact in today’s rapidly evolving world and climate.

Chisungu is widely hailed as a classic of anthropology and African and gender studies. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new foreword by Jessica Johnson and an introduction by Jean La Fontaine.