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What is the Routledge Revivals programme?

Routledge Revivals is a programme designed to reissue a wealth of out-of-print and unavailable titles written by some of the leading academic scholars of the last 120 years. To date, the programme includes titles by the likes of Sir Andrew Motion, Hermione Lee, Zygmunt Bauman, Karl Jaspers, Malcolm Bradbury, Simone Weil, Emile Durkheim, Charles Kindleberger and W. Arthur Lewis.

Which subject areas do the Revivals cover?

All subjects which fall within the spectrum of the Humanities and Social Sciences, reflecting the impressive breadth and depth of the Routledge backlist. Thus far, the Revivals list is particularly strong in the areas of Sociology, Philosophy, Politics, Economics, Literature and History.

How long has the programme been active?

The first Routledge Revivals titles were published in July 2009 and a year later we have more than 120 titles available in hardback, with a substantial percentage of these already available as ebooks and some also in paperback as part of the paperbacks direct programme. Over the next year, we expect the programme to more than double in size.

Are Revivals available as e-books?

Where we've been able to acquire electronic rights, Revivals titles are also available in ebook format.

What is the difference between a Routledge Revival and a Routledge Library Edition?

Routledge Library Editions (RLEs) are also straight reissues from our backlist, but instead of being single, stand-alone volumes like the Revivals they are always released as backlist collections on a particular subject or author. RLE collections can vary in size from 5-300 volumes.

What's the difference between a Revival and a facsimile Major Work?

A facsimile Major Work will often gather diverse sources together—e.g selected chapters from books, manuscript material. They tend not to re-issue complete books.

Recent Articles

On my 1977 book called “Dynamic Investment Planning”, by Mohammed H.I. Dore.

Read Mohammed H.I. Dore's blog post about his his motivation for writing his book on a scientific approach to investment planning.
Psychology Revivals: Bringing Out-of-Print Books Back to Life

Imogen Burch is the editor for Psychology Revivals, Psychology Library Editions, and Routledge Library Editions in Mental Health. We caught up with Imogen in the Taylor & Francis office in Hove to find out more about the program.
Miriam David discusses the reissue of ‘The State, the Family and Education’

Thirty-five years after initial publication we are thrilled to announce the reissue of The State, the Family and Education as part of the Routledge Revivals series. Here, Miriam David discusses her work in relation to the changes that have occurred in feminist research since first publication.
The Obsolescence of Physical Places? ‘A Geography of the Lifeworld’ in Retrospect

Read our new blog post by David Seamon.
Marc Christensen discusses the reissue of Herbert Read: A Memorial Symposium

For this symposium, first issued in 1969 as the ninth number of The Malahat Review, Professor Skelton has gathered together original essays, poems and drawings which illustrate many aspects of Sir Herbert Read’s life and work. Here Marc Christensen discusses the reissue of the collection.
Roger D. Sell discusses the reissue of Literary Pragmatics

Literary Pragmatics, first published in 1991, seeks to reposition literary activity at the center of the study of relationships between language and its users. Roger D. Sell talks about some of the papers that have become classics and the book's lasting influence on the discipline.
The Economic Effort of War

First published in 1940, The Economic Effort of War analyses the massive economic challenges which Britain faced if it was to win the Second World War, and sets out a comprehensive package of measures to deal with them. It is a compelling mix of facts, figures, analysis and conclusions.

The author’s son, Mark Clarke, comments on the book.
Psychology Revivals - browse the catalog

Psychology Revivals are re-issues of academic works which have long been unavailable, in a wide and eclectic range of topics from across the behavioral sciences. Psychology Revivals are drawn from a distinguished catalog of imprints and authors, restoring to print books by some of the most influential scholars of the last 120 years. Psychology Revivals give you the opportunity to engage with primary sources, and to get a first-hand view of what was happening in psychology at certain seminal moments in the last century. Check out the catalog.
Pat Rogers discusses the reissuing of three of his books

With three of his titles about to be reissued through the Routledge Revials program, Pat Rogers discusses how times have changed since their first publication.
New in Paperback - Women, Crime and Criminology (Routledge Revivals)

First published in 1977, Women, Crime and Criminology presents a feminist critique of classical and contemporary theories of female criminality. It addresses the issue that criminology literature has, throughout history, been predominantly male-oriented, always treating female criminality as marginal to the ‘proper’ study of crime in society. Carol Smart explores a new direction in criminology, and the sociology of deviance, by investigating female crime from a committed feminist position. Now available to buy as an ebook for the first time.

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