Department of History

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Issue 1: Summer 2011 “The 20th Century”

Table of Contents

Editorial  3
   
Matthew Blissett  
Assess the effect of structures and of human agency in the making of history in reference to one of the first two thematic strands from the History of Now. 5
 
James Adams  
Why was Daniel Goldhagen's Book Hitler's Willing Executioners so popular in Germany? 11
   
Adam Tolcher  
How does the 1922 Rand Rebellion reveal the relative importance of race and class in South Africa? 20
   
Sam Walton  
Who was at fault for the Cold War? 27
   
David Hutt  
Is History Repeating Itself in the Growth of Nationalism and Anti-Immigrant sentiment in the British National Party? 33

 

Issue 2: Autumn 2011 “Personality and History”

Table of Contents

Editorial 3
   
Katharine Williams  
What was the Cultural Significance of Catherine of Braganza to the English Court of the 17th Century?                               4
 
Jack Merron  
From Liberty to Terror: Robespierre and the justification of the Reign of Terror. 18
   
Alexander Crawford  
What Did Sieyes Mean By National Sovereignty? 25
   
Dominic Butler  
Women, the People’s Peace and Conservative Defeat: Why did the Conservatives lose the 1945 General Election? 36