Today’s Featured Articles
How did bookselling develop from the preserve of the elite to the Amazon marketplace? It is due, in large part, to the actions of one man.
The high-stakes world of pirate publishing.
We remember the Dutch Golden Age for its paintings – which may be why so few realise that it was Europe’s publishing powerhouse.
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Stakhanovite Shopping
Even the retail sector became part of the second Five Year Plan imposed on the Soviet Union by Stalin.
The Black Death: A New Culprit?
Should the finger of blame be pointed at the marmot for the global spread of the plague?
Writ in Water
A kaleidoscopic tour of the Volga and the history of the people who have resided by it.
Discovery of the Periodic Table
Dmitri Mendeleev identified a general theory underlying all elements on 1 March 1869.
The Edict of Thessalonica
On 27 February 380, divine punishment and imperial retribution were threatened for those who rejected the Nicene creed.
Zombies, Cannibals and Werewolves
The complexities of Haiti’s religious culture were misunderstood and exploited by imperial powers.
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Volume 71 Issue 3 March 2021
In the March issue:
The Venner Rebellion, Madam Butterfly and the Forging of Japanese Identity, 1771: Britain Between Continents, Fancy Dress, Litigious Lives, Haiti’s ‘Zombies, Cannibals and Werewolves’, Soviet Shopping, Marmots.
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