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The construction of historical memory

Continuing our Approaches to history series, here are some thoughts on the construction of historical memory.

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War Reporting from Stalingrad

In late 1942 the battle for Stalingrad consumed Nazi Germany's sixth army and both German and Soviet war correspondents attempted to give a picture of the horror and brutality. Western war reporters …

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America and the reconstruction of global capitalism

At the end of the Second World War, European capitalism had been comprehensively devastated by the conflict and America seized an opportunity to rebuild the world economic order in its interests and …

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Trump's oligarchy: A historical perspective

Donald Trump is about to introduce the largest concentration of billionaires in history into his cabinet, but this is simply the continuation of a long established oligarchic trend in the White House…

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The Battle of Stalingrad Part Three

The Battle of Stalingrad was the greatest German defeat of the war, consuming the entire German 6th Army and dealing a catastrophic blow to German morale on the home front as the illusion of a possib…

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Approaches to history Part Ten: Gender History

Throughout the 20th Century, alongside the advancement of women in academia there had been a focus on women's history based on biological sex. However, from the 70s onwards gender history that explor…

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The Battle of Stalingrad Part Two

The Battle of Stalingrad was the greatest German defeat of the war, consuming the entire German 6th Army as Stalin and his generals struggled to adapt to the onslaught and ordered that no Russian, ci…

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The Battle of Stalingrad Part One

The Battle of Stalingrad was the greatest German defeat of the war, consuming the entire German 6th Army as Stalin and his generals struggled to adapt to the onslaught and ordered that no Russian, ci…

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago

Approaches to history Part 9: Marxist Historiography Part Two

Karl Marx is the most influential figure in the production of 20th Century history texts, influencing Marxist and non Marxist historians alike. This is the first part of our exploration of his signif…

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Racism, Whiteness and Black Britain

In the immediate post war years, the arrival of Black British citizens from the Caribbean was met with widespread racism across most areas of British life. Black people encountering Britain for the f…

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago