Volume: 50 Issue: 11
Contents of History Today, November 2000 |
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The publication of The Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World fills a scholarly gap |
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Our seasonal round-up of the latest history titles from the publishing world catering for the general reader and specialist alike. |
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The future William III of England was born on his mother's nineteenth birthday in an atmosphere of funeral gloom, on November 4th, 1650. |
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Michael Paris looks at the romanticised image of war in boys’ popular fiction prior to 1914, and at the sustaining appeal of the genre in spite of the realities of... |
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The Exposition Universelle in Paris ended on November 12th, 1900. In seven months, the Exposition drew over 50 million visitors. |
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Eric Kentley reviews the Design Museum’s new exhibition on Isambard Kingdom Brunel |
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Turkish archaeologists work against the clock to discover the secrets of ancient Hasankeyf before it is flooded by the waters of the proposed Ilisu dam |
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Robert Perks explains the value of sound archives in the armoury of the modern historian, and introduces Britain’s premier collection of recorded speech. |
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Jeremy Black continues our Portrait of Britain series describing the impact of the French Wars on the islands and the shifting landscape wrought by the Industrial... |
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How the Republican triumph over the Federalists in the fiercely fought US elections of 1800 was due to skilful appropriation of the American Revolution to partisan... |
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A key battle in the Great Northern War was fought on November 29th, 1700. |
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P.G. Maxwell-Stuart examines the impact of early Christianity on notions of magic and definitions of witchcraft. |
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Kay Staniland unravels the threads of a career as costume historian and textile curator at the Museum of London |
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Edward Pearce considers the vitriolic reception offered by some to Russian Jews seeking asylum in Britain a hundred years ago. |
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Jon Silverman asks whether Britain’s sporadic and tardy efforts to pursue Nazi war criminals reflects a lack of skill or a lack of will. |
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Michael Phillips, guest curator of the major exhibition on Blake opening this month at Tate Britain, explores the lifestyle and work of the artist when he lived in... |
