Rock 'n' Roll and Social Change
Richard Welch charts the extraordinary explosion in American music and argues for its impact on society as a whole.
Social
'Give Us Roosevelt' - Workers and the New Deal Coalition
Bruce Nelson traces how the magic of FDR and his practical social programmes welded American labour to the Democratic Party, and discusses the tensions that eventually weakened that union.
Enterprise and Meaning: Sponsored Film, 1939-1949
William Bird looks at how American business and commerce turned to the techniques of advertising and Hollywood to extol the merits of capitalism and free enterprise in response to the anti-corporate liberalism of the New Deal.
A Social Contract? Master Against Servant in the Court of Requests
Sharp practice or sharp 'prentice? Paul Seaver argues that the tale of how a Bristol notary and his erstwhile trainee fell out and went to court in 1620 tells us much about the social aspirations and intimacies of 17th-century England.
Lifting the Veil on Estonia's Past
Clare Thomson on the pace of change in the Baltic States.
Power and Politics in Early Modern Italy
A country divided, degenerate and in cultural decline? Robert Oresko examines the changing views historians are developing of Italy between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries and finds a society far more vibrant and complex than tradition suggests.
History at the Margins - Bagpipers in Medieval Manuscripts
David Stephens discerns an undercurrent of social protest and complaint beneath the usual exuberance of the bagpiper in medieval art.
'Oh, Canada...'
Penelope Johnston on feelings of pride in North America.
The First Intifada: Rebellion in Palestine 1936-39
Palestinian revolt - not in Israel today but under the British mandate fifty years ago. Charles Townshend traces its impact and discusses its character.
Geneva's Museum to the Pity of War
Ann Hills on an institution dedicated to the history of the Red Crescent and Cross and a humanitarian approach to war.