The Short Oxford History of the Modern World

The Short Oxford History of the Modern World series is a book series published by the Oxford University Press publishing house.

Each book gives a comprehensive introduction to a particular period or theme in history.

The general editor for the series was J.M. Roberts.

List of Books in the Series

Title	Author(s)	Publishing date	Other editions
Empire to Welfare State: English History, 1906-67	T.O. LLoyd	June 11, 1970	1906-76, 2nd ed. (April 1979) 1906-85, 3rd ed. (October 16, 1986) 1906-92, 4th ed. (July 22, 1993) 1906-2001, 5th ed. (May 2, 2002)
The Crisis of Parliaments: English History, 1509-1660	Conrad Russell	April 1, 1971
Endurance and Endeavour: Russian History, 1812-1971	J.N. Westwood	February 15, 1973	1812-1980, 2nd ed. (December 1981 1812-1986, 3rd ed. (July 16, 1987) 1812-1992, 4th ed. (April 12, 1992) 1812-2001, 5th ed. (October 17, 2002)
The Old European Order, 1660-1800	William Doyle	November 30, 1978	2nd ed. (November 26, 1992)
The Limits of Liberty: American History 1607-1980	Maldwyn A. Jones	December 1983	1607-1992 (March 9, 1995)
The British Empire, 1558-1983	T.O. LLoyd	October 1, 1984	1558-1995, 2nd ed. (November 21, 1996)
Modern India: The Origins of an Asian Democracy	Judith Brown	February 1985	2nd ed. (May 1, 1994)
Barricades and Borders: Europe, 1800-1914	Robert Gildea	June 1, 1987	2nd ed. (March 1996) 3rd ed. (March 6, 2003)
Rebellions and Revolutions: China from the 1800s to the 1980s	Jack Gray	May 1, 1990	1800s to 2000, 2nd ed. (April 3, 2003)
British History 1815-1914	Norman McCord Bill Purdue	May 23, 1991	2nd ed. (October 25, 2007)
The European Dynastic States, 1494-1660	Richard Bonney	December 1, 1991
Albion Ascendant: English History 1660-1815	Wilfrid Prest	June 4, 1998
The Pursuit of Power in Modern Japan, 1825-1995	Chushichi Tsuzuki	April 13, 2000