Volume: 57 Issue: 9
Contents of History Today, September 2007 |
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As another academic year comes round, so the question of what and how history should be taught in British classrooms is yet again in the spotlight. |
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Richard the Lionheart was born in Oxford on September 8th 1157. |
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Michael Loewe looks at the dynastic, administrative and intellectual background of the Qin empire, which defined how China would be run for more than 2,000 years,... |
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Peter Furtado visits some remarkable sites rivalling Machu Picchu, the endangered Inca hilltop city which was recently voted one of the seven wonders of the world... |
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Anne Sebba ponders some mysteries – or coincidences – that link the adult experiences of Frances Hodgson Burnett with the lives of American women who came to Britain... |
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Mihir Bose discusses the paradox that India, a land of history, has a surprisingly weak tradition of historiography. |
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David Nicholas reveals the skill and good fortune behind Britain’s First World War intelligence operation, and the coup by which the Zimmermann Telegram was... |
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Neil Pemberton and Michael Worboys tell the fascinating story of how rabies – a disease that still kills thousands worldwide every year – was eradicated from... |
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David Gaimster, General Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries of London, introduces a new exhibition he has curated at the Royal Academy focusing on the... |
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As India celebrates six decades of independence on this year, Jad Adams examines how, in the world’s largest democracy, one family has come to take centre stage in... |
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Jonathan Downs looks at a collection of Egyptian pottery sherds discovered at the National Trust’s mansion, Kingston Lacy, in Dorset. |
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Laurence Rees, whose work as a TV historian has brought him face to face with many people involved in mass killings, discusses the opportunities and dangers of... |
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The British bombed the Danish capital for a second time, on September 2nd, 1807. |
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The flight of the earls on September 4th, 1607, was the first of many departures from Ireland by native Irish over the following centuries. |
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Paul Brewer looks at the politics behind US involvement in the First World War and how President Woodrow Wilson dealt with those Americans who campaigned against... |
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Alastair Bonnett tells the little-known but extraordinary ‘rags to rags’ story of a radical maverick of the early 19th century. |
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Jonathan Phillips explains how Damascus, ‘Paradise of the Orient’ and a spiritual home for Muslims, became a major battleground of the Second Crusade; one in which... |
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Mark Bryant looks at the way caricaturists viewed the scandal engulfing France at the end of the 19th century. |
