History Review back issues from September 2007:
Studying history at Swansea: Martin Johnes explains what is on offer.(Wales)
Sep 01, 2007; ... The City Swansea bears the marks of a colourful history. It's a Welsh city that probably derives its name from a Norse settler. The natural beauty of its coastline stands alongside a landscape shaped by the industrial revolution. During its development, it gained a reputation as ...
Editorial.(Editorial)
Sep 01, 2007; ... It is a truth universally acknowledged that History, despite its many virtues, has one major fault. There is far too much of it, and it's getting worse all the time. (Hence Lytton Strachey judged that 'ignorance is the first requisite of the historian--ignorance, which simplifies and ...
Hitler and the Holocaust: Alan Farmer assesses the personal responsibility of the Fuhrer.(The Unpredictable Past)(Adolf Hitler)
Sep 01, 2007; ... On 30 April 1945 Adolf Hitler committed suicide in the bunker beneath the Chancellery in Berlin. From November 1945 until October 1946 over a score of the chief Nazis who had escaped death in the last few days of the war faced trial at Nuremberg for crimes against humanity. Let's for a ...
Before the Glorious revolution: the making of absolute monarchy? Graham Goodlad examines the controversies surrounding the development of royal power under Charles II and James II.(Talking Points)(Chronology)
Sep 01, 2007; ... The Debate The traditional view of the Glorious Revolution was that it saved England from the power-seeking designs of James II and secured the development of constitutional monarchy, civil and religious liberty and the rule of law. This heroic interpretation of the events of ...
The fall of Lloyd George: Robert Pearce attempts to probe the nature of the 1918-22 Coalition.(Profiles in Power)
Sep 01, 2007; ... The slippery pole is hard to scale, but remarkably easy to slip down. This was certainly the experience of David Lloyd George, one of the most able and charismatic of all modern premiers. In November-December 1918 it seemed that his position was unassailable. Widely regarded as 'the man ...
African American Women and the Struggle for Racial Equality: Viv Sanders corrects the male bias in the study of the civil rights movement in the USA.(The Unpredictable Past)
Sep 01, 2007; ... Has anyone not heard of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X? Probably not. Is there anyone who has heard of Ella Baker and Fannie Lou Hamer? Probably few. Histories of the black struggle for equality in the USA usually concentrate upon male leaders. Admittedly many historians ...
Web roundup: Russell Tarr summarises recent developments.(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2007; ... In the past 12 months the development of the web has been exponential. Things have moved so rapidly that the phrase 'Web 2.0' has been coined to reflect the generational shift in the whole nature of websites and web applications. In the past, technical obstacles meant that the ...
Video.(Web Roundup)(websites that allow video streams)
Sep 01, 2007; ... Arguably, last year's big application was Google Earth (www.earth.google.com). This year, the accolade must surely go to www.youtube.com, a site allowing members of the public to upload and share video clips with the minimum of hassle. For teachers, the site is an absolute godsend: search ...
Mindmapping.(Web Roundup)(using a website for brainstorming)(Website overview)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2007; ... Bubbl.Us (www.bubbl.us) is a site which allows you to create mindmaps online very simply and effectively. You can share your mindmaps with other students or teachers, which opens up interesting collaborative possibilities. Bubbles can be colour coded, resized, and links can be established ...
Social Bookmarking.(Web Roundup)(website for organizing bookmarks)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2007; ... Del.icio.us (http://del.icio.us) is a 'social bookmarking tool'. In essence, imagine your 'favourites' folder which you use to organise links to your favourite websites, but which is accessible from whatever computer you log on to. It is highly flexible - you can place links to the same ...
Images.(Web Roundup)(websites for organizing pictures)(Website overview)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2007; ... www.blockposters.com is an interesting new site which allows you to upload an image from your computer, and then have it 'sliced' into a number of pieces which are placed across several pages of a document which can be printed out and stuck together to form a larger classroom poster. As ...
Presentations.(Web Roundup)(websites containing presentations as Flash movies)(Website overview)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2007; ... Most teachers and students are now familiar with PowerPoint, the application which allows you to create your own presentation slideshows. Fewer are aware that these presentations can now be uploaded to the web at dedicated sites which convert them to Flash Movies and allow them to be ...
Quizzes and templates.(Web Roundup)(developing tests)(Website overview)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2007; ... www.classtools.net is a new site which I am personally developing to help students and teachers design their own quizzes, learning templates and revision tools. The site runs using the latest Flash technology and allows you to create arcade-style games, fishbone diagrams, timelines, living ...
Music.(Web Roundup)(website broadcasting music to suit one's mood)(Website overview)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2007; ... If, like me, you enjoy using music in lessons to create atmosphere, you will probably love the site: www.musicovery.com. You start by choosing a certain mood combination ('positive / calm' for example, or 'dark / energetic'); then you choose which genres to include ...
Elizabeth I: gender, religion and politics: did it matter the fifth Tudor monarch was a woman rather than a man? Retha Warnicke investigates.(Talking Points)
Sep 01, 2007; ... A Patriarchal Society In 1558, when Elizabeth I became the third queen regnant of the British Isles, the prevailing models for her reign were not propitious. The first queen regnant, Mary Stewart, who succeeded to the Scottish throne in 1542, had faced three rebellions directed ...
Millicent Garrett Fawcett: Janet Copeland focuses on an important figure in the emancipation of British women.(Profiles in Power)(Biography)
Sep 01, 2007; ... Whoever thinks of the women's suffrage movement thinks of the suffragettes, and whoever think of suffragettes thinks of Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters. Their story is indeed a fascinating, and highly controversial, one. But the Pankhurst and the suffragettes, who grabbed the ...
King Vittorio Emmanuelle--the man who gave away Italian democracy: F.G. Stapleton highlights the key role played by the Italian King in the rise of Mussolini.(The Unpredictable Past)(Benito Mussolini)
Sep 01, 2007; ... The Role of the Individual On 29th October 1922, King Vittorio Emmanuelle III appointed Benito Mussolini as the 30th Prime Minister of the liberal democratic Italian State. Mussolini was 39 years old (astonishingly young to hold office), had no previous governmental experience, ...
Russia's Geography and Climate: John Etty examines how far history has been moulded by environment.(Talking Points)
Sep 01, 2007; ... Modern textbooks on Russian history often include an introductory chapter on the country's climate and natural geography. Writers, it seems, believe Russia's physical environment is either so significant or so widely misunderstood that students must receive an explicit description. Natural ...
What makes a good historian? Richard Wilkinson shows that good history is never dull.(Survival Skills)
Sep 01, 2007; ... 'Your problem, Hugh, is that you ignore the documents.' 'Your problem, Taylor, is that you ignore the facts.' As Oxford's two finest historians locked horns in the full glare of the TV spotlights, their compare Robert Kee nervously tried to prevent a physical ...
The Twenty British Prime Ministers of the Twentieth Century.(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... The Twenty British Prime Ministers of the Twentieth Century Haus Publishing, 2006 3,520 pp, 175 [pounds sterling] Each volume is available separately at 9.99 [pounds sterling] (for details see www.hauspublishing.co.uk). Politics is currently at a low ebb. In the last ...