Volume: 31 Issue: 10
Contents of History Today, October 1981 |
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Charles Mordaunt, Third Earl of Peterborough, 1658-1735, is probably best remembered as the captor of Barcelona in 1705. Aram Bakshian Jr. shows that, in addition... |
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Irene Coltman Brown continues our series on The Historian as Philosopher, arguing that Lord Acton foresaw that the course of modern nationalism, no longer subject... |
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John Robinson looks at the sorry state of a London monument |
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Neither the Greeks nor the Romans paid much attention to the achievements or customs of the peoples that they conquered. As Jenny Morris shows here, in the case of... |
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Maggie Black continues her cultural history of food with a look at preserves. |
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C.R. Boxer begins our special feature on Japan, considering the reception of Europeans in the country from the 16th century. |
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Nagasaki is often immediately associated with the American atomic attack on August 9th, 1945. However, it was also, for over two centuries, the only place in Japan... |
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W.G. Beasley continues our special feature on Japan: The Closed Country, with a look at the late 19th century Japanese diplomatic mission to the west. |
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Richard Holmes continues our series with a look at the Problems of Military Biography. |
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John Vincent asks a key question of the Conservative politician. |
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A.A. Powell on a new exhibition and publication from the British Library. |
