Justice, at What Cost?
As today, accusations of rape in 19th-century America inevitably, and repeatedly, met with harsh backlashes against the victims.
Volume 68 Issue 12 December 2018
The Rise of Japan
When it comes to rapid world-changing events, the Meiji Restoration has few equals.
The Last Emperor
The voice of the British monarch carried considerable weight in imperial India. Its slow silencing mirrored the retreat of Britain from the subcontinent.
What’s Wrong with Liberalism?
‘The greatest good for the greatest number’ flounders when society cannot agree on what is ‘good’ – or ‘bad’.
Christmas Before Dickens
Charles Dickens’ name conjures up the quintessential English Christmas, but it is to another Charles D that we must look if we want to know what festivities were like before the Victorian makeover.
Lisbon After The Earthquake
A readable history of the Portuguese capital emphasises the modern at the expense of the city’s deeper past.
Kazakhstan’s Bloody December
Mikhail Gorbachev’s Perestroika triggered an outpouring of resentment across the USSR. In 1986, young Kazakhs made their voices heard, but the Soviet regime was not ready to listen.
Sisters In Arms: Race, Empire and Women’s Suffrage
The women’s suffrage movement was global, but racial inequality often undermined the notion of universal sisterhood.
The Woman Behind the Kindertransport
Female volunteers such as Marie Schmolka played a decisive role in the collaborative project to rescue beleaguered Jewish children.