The Routledge Companion to World History since 1914 is an outstanding compendium of facts and figures on World History. Fully up-to-date, reliable and clear, this volume is the indispensable source of information on a thorough range of topics such as:

• the Arab-Israeli conflict
• anti-semitism and the Holocaust
• all the world's major famines and natural disasters since 1914
• whether all countries of the world have a king, president, prime minister or other governance
• GNP of the world's major states, year by year
• biographies of...

"The Routledge Companion to Britain in the 19th Century" is a compendium of facts and figures on British political, social, religious, economic and imperial history from the defeat of Napoleon to the beginning of the First World War. It is made up of lists, chronologies and biographies. It is the place to go to find out everything from the nuts and bolts of electoral reform and who held which cabinet position throughout the period, to key dates in the history of trades unions and to important moments in the development of sport and leisure, such as when the FA Cup was established, when the...

This compact and highly accessible work of reference covers the broad sweep of events as Europe transformed during the period from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment.

This Companion examines the centuries that saw the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, the expansion of Europe and the beginnings of imperialism and enormous changes in the way government and kingship were conducted.

With a wealth of chronologies, tables, family trees and maps, this handy book is an indispensable resource for all students and teachers of early modern history.