History in Danger

Teaching History, February 1983 Number 35

In this issue:

Editorial, 2

History in Danger - Margaret Parker, 3

Watching the Detectives: A Critique of the Schools Council's Analogy between the Historian and the Detective - John Plowright, 6

Teaching History Competition, 9

Microcomputers and Local History Work in a Primary School - Alistair Ross, 10

Report: Expenditure on Teaching History in Schools - Gordon Skipworth, 14

Mortality: A Local History and Computing Project - Sue Edgington, 15

Report: Archives and Education in Northern England - Kate Thompson, 16

Scenes from History: The Woollen and Clothing Industries - June Wenban, 17

History 16-18: An American Perspective - Paul Simmons and Bob Wolfson, 20

Report: Teaching the Holocaust - Peter Farrar, 24

Science and Technology in History Textbooks: Presentation and Image - Janet Maw, 25

Poverty, Crime and Punishment in Early Nineteenth-Century England - Peter Grey and Richard Davis, 30

Writing History - John Lally, 34

The Contributors, 39

Notes for Contributors, 39

Notes and News, 40

Book Reviews, 41

Short Notices, 48