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An appeal to listeners on the thorny issue of hate speech
Hi everyone, I'm inviting all listeners to join with me to debate about online hate speech which is creeping into the various Explaining History plat…
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Slavery, Cotton and Capitalism
In Sven Beckert's book Empire of Cotton, he discusses the development of modern capitalism's first industry (and empire), that of global cotton. The …
8 years, 8 months ago
The Supreme Council of the Paris Peace Conference 1919
When the delegates of the Paris Peace Conference met in 1919 a council of ten from the five dominant victorious powers formed into the Supreme Counci…
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Racism and Black Americans 1945-48
In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, racism and discrimination existed in different forms in both northern and southern states, with a…
8 years, 8 months ago
The Arabs and the Palestine Mandate
The British mandate in Palestine and Jewish mass immigration placed immense economic pressure on the indigenous Arab peoples. Land ownership became a…
8 years, 8 months ago
Japan and the First World War
The outbreak of hostilities in Europe had global consequences and Japan, allied to Britain saw its chance to expand its power in China at the expense…
8 years, 8 months ago
British Air Raid Precautions 1938-1940
By 1939, Britain was poorly prepared for the onslaught of the blitz, with weal central administration and most responsibility for air raid protection…
8 years, 8 months ago
Japan's Merchant Shipping Losses 1941-45
Despite a devastating attack on the USA at Pearl Harbour, Japan paid little attention to the safety of its merchant shipping and faced economic devas…
8 years, 8 months ago
Beginning the Battle for North Africa: 1940
The desert war, a battle that Hitler did not want and Mussolini did, became an opportunity for Churchill to show that the fight was being taken to th…
8 years, 8 months ago
The First Day of the Blitz: Britain, September 1940
As the Luftwaffe's operations in Britain switched from RAF airfields to towns and cities, the first target was East London's docks. In this podcast w…
8 years, 8 months ago