The History World
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Contexts
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The World of Sources
Byways in History
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Contexts - a place, building or event in context
London’s dockland redevelopment - pending
Haussmann’s Paris
The Festival of Britain, 1951 *
Coubertin, the Olympics and 2012 legacy *
The Great Train Robbery, 1963 *
The ‘Crab and Winkle’ Railway - a world first *
The enigma of Bletchley Park - secrets uncovered *
Fashoda, 1898: high noon in Upper Sudan *
The Berlin Wall: icon of the Cold War era *
St Isaacs and the city of St Petersburg *
Sir Joseph Paxton and the Great Exhibition, 1851 *
The South Tyrol, Italy and the Versailles Peace, 1919 *
The Wall Street Crash, 1929 - disarray in the West between the wars *
Church on Spilled Blood, St Petersburg, and the death of Alexander II *
The Siegessäule, Berlin: monument to the Franco-Prussian War *
The cruiser Aurora and the Russian October Revolution [1917] *
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The neglect of culture and the biographical aspect in History study
British liberal democracy, a concept revisited by Gilbert Pleuger
Capping Benefit Income: Less Eligibility Rides Again? by Roger Spalding
Looking ‘outside the box’. The benefits to students of considering ‘a bigger picture’
Text and topic books are not enough. Texts and topic books need to be supplemented
Women’s History by Professor Pat Hudson
Depictions of Stalin: The Past and the Future by Alf Wilkinson
The Interest in History by Jacquetta Devine
Sources from the Soviets: photographs that mislead * by David King
Nazi film and photography * by Dr Robin Lenman
The Stalin, Molotov, Kaganovich Correspondence * by Chris Corin
The Value of Films in Understanding the Past * by William Simpson
Searching for sources: assassination in Sarajevo * § by Sylvie Nickels
Cartoons * § by Dr Roy Douglas
The poster * § by Professor David Welch
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Prince Lvov and Russia in in revolution in 1917 * by Alf Wilkinson
Alexander Kerensky and reform in Russia * by Alf Wilkinson
Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby * by John Garland
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman * by John Garland
Spencer Perceval by John Garland - forthcoming
Viscount Gooderich, Prime Minister 1827-8 by John Garland
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