The collapse of the British Liberal Party and expansion thereafter of the Labour Party has attracted considerable attention within the academic literature. In this chapter the author outlines and explores the development and character of the historiographical debate surrounding this complex subject. She ...
In the early 1840s the Northern states began the process of industrialization, modernizing their society to meet the demands of economic change. In (57) , the slogan of Abraham Lincoln’s Republican party, "free labour, free land, free man" encapsulated the ideology of valuing the freedom of...
His early life was marked by poverty, as he was one of seven children born to a Rabbi and his wife who immigrated to the United States from Hungary. Yet, despite these humble beginnings, he would go on to become one of the most famous performers of the 20th century. Houdini's ...
As our 60th anniversary year nears its conclusion we asked distinguished historians to choose their favourite works of history produced in the last 60 years and to name the most important historian of the period. Their replies are fascinating, revealing a discipline in rude health, of great breadt...
Many black Americans left in search of opportunity. Over the 20th century a Great Migration unfolded, in which millions of black families left the South for northern cities. Movement began in earnest during the first world war, when northern manufacturers' demand for labour soared and the flow ...
. I was very suspicious and at first neglected most of the economics and other disciplines taught to us as simply dull and irrelevant to my ‘higher’ intellectual concerns. At the same time, I regarded my interest in humanities as a guilt, something to be ashamed of in front of my ...
The self-sufficiency of the homestead economy was eroded, chiefly power and traditional religious authority weakened and an increasing amount of men forced into labour migration.The African Christians, some ten per cent of the black population, were often caught in between a hostile non-Christian ...
Chop suey arrived with the Gold Rush, spread with the railway and endured prohibition. Although Chinese by origin, it was claimed by America. On the night of 14 June 1904, New York’s Chinatown was plunged into a deep gloom. For the past 20 years, it had thrived off the city’s seem...
In the early 1840s the Northern states began the process of industrialization, modernizing their society to meet the demands of economic change. In (57) , the slogan of Abraham Lincoln’s Republican party, "free labour, free land, free man" encapsulated the ideology of valuing the freedom of...
In the early 1840s the Northern states began the process of industrialization, modernizing their society to meet the demands of economic change. In (57) , the slogan of Abraham Lincoln’s Republican party, "free labour, free land, free man" encapsulated the ideology of valuing the freedom of...