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2020
Review: John Julius Norwich,
France: A History: from Gaul to de Gaulle
(2018)
21 October 2020
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reviews
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france
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history
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john julius norwich
Review: Christopher Clark,
Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947
(2007)
20 January 2020
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reviews
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christopher clark
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germany
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history
2019
Review: David McKittrick and David McVea,
Making Sense of the Troubles: A History of the Northern Ireland Conflict
(2012)
14 October 2019
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reviews
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britain
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david mckittrick
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david mcvea
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history
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imperialism
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ireland
Review: E. P. Thompson,
Poverty of Theory
(1978)
24 September 2019
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reviews
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e. p. thompson
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historiography
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history
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marxism
Review: Richard J. Evans,
In Defence of History
(2001)
4 May 2019
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reviews
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historiography
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history
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postmodernism
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richard j evans
Review: Lindsey German and John Rees,
A People’s History of London
(2012)
25 January 2019
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reviews
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history
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john rees
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lindsey german
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london
2018
Reading A People’s History of the United States, ch. 5
9 December 2018
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reviews
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a people's history of the united states
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history
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howard zinn
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liberalism
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united states
Reading A People’s History of the United States, ch. 4
28 November 2018
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reviews
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a people’s history of the united states
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history
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howard zinn
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liberalism
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united states
Review: Orlando Figes,
Revolutionary Russia, 1891–1991
(2014)
12 November 2018
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reviews
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history
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orlando figes
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russia
2017
Review: Michael Burleigh,
Small Wars, Faraway Places
(2013)
16 October 2017
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reviews
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cold war
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history
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imperialism
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michael burleigh
Review: Eric Williams,
Capitalism & Slavery
(1994)
13 May 2017
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reviews
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capitalism
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eric williams
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history
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imperialism
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slavery
Free Trade and Imperialism: the cotton industry and British foreign policy, 1858–98
27 April 2017
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essays
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britain
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history
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imperialism
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nineteenth century
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slavery
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united states
Review: Sven Beckert,
Empire of Cotton
(2015)
25 April 2017
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reviews
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capitalism
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history
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imperialism
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slavery
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sven beckert
Do you agree that the Soviet cultural policies of the 1930s were a retreat from socialism?
21 March 2017
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essays
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history
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russia
Why, and through what means did revelations of atrocities in the Congo produce a ‘crisis of empire’ in the early twentieth century?
21 March 2017
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essays
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africa
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britain
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history
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imperialism
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nineteenth century
Reading A People’s History of the United States, ch. 3
13 February 2017
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reviews
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a people's history of the united states
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history
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howard zinn
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united states
Reading A People’s History of the United States, ch. 2
7 February 2017
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reviews
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a people's history of the united states
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history
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howard zinn
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slavery
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united states
Review: Robert Service,
A History of Modern Russia
(2003)
31 January 2017
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reviews
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history
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robert service
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russia
Review: Ellen Meiksins Wood,
The Origin of Capitalism
(2002)
26 January 2017
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reviews
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capitalism
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ellen meiksins wood
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history
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marxism
Reading A People’s History of the United States, ch. 1
23 January 2017
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reviews
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a people's history of the united states
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history
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howard zinn
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united states
Review: Richard J. Evans,
Altered Pasts
(2014)
16 January 2017
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reviews
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historiography
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history
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richard j evans
2016
“The 1917 Revolution was the inevitable outcome of the First World War”. Discuss.
8 December 2016
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essays
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history
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russia
What were the consequences of the Sino-Soviet split for the Cold War?
15 March 2016
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essays
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china
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cold war
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history
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russia
To what extent and in what ways is Imperialism gendered?
15 March 2016
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essays
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feminism
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history
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imperialism
Review: Robert Service,
Lenin: A Biography
(2010)
9 March 2016
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reviews
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biography
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history
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robert service
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russia
2015
To what extent can the United States in the twentieth century be described as an empire?
8 December 2015
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essays
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cold war
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history
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imperialism
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united states
Why was the Swedish empire so short-lived?
16 March 2015
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essays
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history
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seventeenth century
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sweden
2014
Has the role of religion in the French civil wars of the sixteenth century been exaggerated?
11 December 2014
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essays
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france
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history
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sixteenth century
How ‘new’ was the ‘new imperialism’ of the period c. 1870–1914?
9 December 2014
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essays
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britain
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history
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imperialism
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nineteenth century
Did the Franco dictatorship emerge more from long-term internal Spanish conflicts, or as part of a ‘European Civil War’?
2 April 2014
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essays
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fascism
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history
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spain
2013
To what extent can the outbreak of civil war in 1642 be blamed on Charles I?
4 July 2013
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essays
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britain
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history
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seventeenth century