The History eBook Collection

Shaped by some of the longest-running book series on the market, with new series on emerging topics constantly in development, our carefully curated history list makes for a broad and diverse eBook collection. Spanning from Ancient to contemporary times, the collection is unique in its breadth and depth, providing unrivalled coverage with a truly global outlook. In recent years we have made a concerted effort to expand beyond its traditional foci of Europe and North America to other parts of the world, such as Asia and Latin America.

Global and transnational history, imperial and post-colonial history, the history of science and technology, and the history of gender and sexuality are the long-time stalwarts of the collection. Yet it also includes many smaller yet burgeoning (and often interdisciplinary) sub-disciplines at the forefront of historical research, such as the history of experience and environmental history. The collection now also includes our growing selection of archaeological titles. Covering a wide range of time periods, the archaeology list is comprehensive in scope, with highlights including our works in historical archaeology, material culture, and interdisciplinary publications that intersect with archaeology. It is from this list that our renowned compendium, the Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, was born. Attracting considerable interest are our bioarchaeology titles and our continuously expanding heritage list.

With works from leading experts and rising stars alike, the collection offers a variety of titles, from highly-focused research monographs and edited collections under both the Palgrave and Springer imprints, as well as short-form publications and reference works, all tailored to the needs of academics, researchers and students. With a growing number of titles on historiography and methodology, it provides the tools needed to continue to interrogate and investigate the world in which we live, and how this has changed over time.

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Connecting with Authors and Editors around the World

We are a truly international publisher, serving the research community around the globe. With hubs throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific we are perfectly positioned to connect with our book authors and editors wherever they are located. Our global base of editorial staff is located in cities such as New York, London, Heidelberg, Tokyo, Beijing, New Delhi, Singapore, Melbourne and São Paulo. They constantly travel to scientific meetings and universities to connect with the research community.

Notable Authors

• Toyin Falola, Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin, USA
• Jason Steinhauer, Director of the Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest at Villanova University, USA
• Claire Smith, Flinders University
• Charles E. Orser, Vanderbilt University, Western University, and TMHC

About the Author

Floor Oosting is Editorial Director for Springer’s global Humanities list, comprising philosophy, logic, linguistics and archeology. She has been working in Publishing for more than 25 years and is based in Dordrecht, the Netherlands.

Vicky Peters is Editorial Director for Palgrave Humanities - Philosophy, Religion and History. She has spent more than a quarter of a century publishing across the humanities, and is based in London.

Leana Li, Editorial Director the Humanities and Social Sciences, is responsible for the HSS book list from China, for both Springer and Palgrave imprints.

If you would like to find out more about licensing the History eBook Collection, contact your Licensing Manager.

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