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The Unfortunate Captain Peirce
Historian article
An apprentice biographer researches the career of an eighteenth-century sea captain
On a cold January afternoon in 1986, my neighbour announced that he intended to go to Dorset's Purbeck coast that night. Puzzled, I asked why. He explained it was the 200th anniversary of the wreck of the East Indiaman,...
The Unfortunate Captain Peirce
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The Historian 121: Historical Biography
The magazine of the Historical Association
3 Review - John F. Kennedy
5 Editorial
6 Anne Herbert: A life in the Wars of the Roses - Ian Dawson (Read Article)
13 The President's Column
14 Contemporary and Historical Biography: The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004-14: A ten-year review - Lawrence Goldman
20 The Unfortunate Captain Peirce:...
The Historian 121: Historical Biography
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The Early Mediaeval State
Classic Pamphlet
In order to define the constitution of a state, theorists and historians still apply Aristotle's categories; monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy. This method has obvious limitations; there can be no doubt that the formal sovereignty either of an individual or of a minority or a majority does not of itself suffice...
The Early Mediaeval State
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Radicalism and its Results, 1760-1837
Classic Pamphlet
Radicalism with a large "R", unlike Conservatism with a large "C" and Liberalism with a large "L", is not a historical term of even proximate precision. There was never a Radical Party with a national organization, local associations, or a treasury. But there were, and there are, "Radicals", generally qualified...
Radicalism and its Results, 1760-1837
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Local Authority Housing
Classic Pamphlet
Local authority housing has been a distinctive feature of the British housing system throughout the twentieth century. This pamphlet outlines the development of local authority housing in Britain from its origins in the late nineteenth century to the present day, focusing on the ways in which policy changes have affected...
Local Authority Housing
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The Bristol Riots
Classic Pamphlet
In 1831, Bristol suffered the worst outbreak of urban rioting since the Gordon Riots in London over fifty years earlier. Twelve rioters were officially declared to have died as a result of confrontations with troops and special constables, and many more unidentifiable corpses were discovered among the ruins of the...
The Bristol Riots
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Peter Abelard
Classic Pamphlet
The Catalogue of Printed Books in the British Library contains a large number of entries under the name of Peter Abelard. Most relate to books published in the last two hundred years and most of the editions of works written by Abelard, as distinct from books about him or about...
Peter Abelard
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Teaching History 17
Journal
About the journal, 2
The Editors, 2
Islam in history, 3
Resources - Islam in history, 5
African history in the classroom, 7
History in Central Africa, 10
Review article - recently published books on African history, 13
The historian's method - a course for the 'A' level student, 15...
Teaching History 17
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Teaching History 18
Journal
Editorial, 2
The contributors, 2
Geffrye Museum: People's Museum, 3
Report: Staffordshire Courses, July 1976, 5A Renaissance in history 'A' level, 6
Exploring a Community's Past, 11
Comment, 14
Making the best use of textbooks, 16
Detective exercises are not quite enough, 22
Review article - imagination and the historian,...
Teaching History 18
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Teaching History 19
Journal
Editorial, 2
The Contributors, 2
The Genesis of the History Teaching Film - B. J. Elliott, 3
Film and the History Teacher - J. Duckworth, 8
A Select List of Feature Films of use in the Teaching of History - T. Gwynn, 11
New Approaches to the Study and Teaching...
Teaching History 19
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Teaching History 20
Journal
Editorial, 2
The Contributors, 2
Residential Courses for Sixth Formers - Tony Taylor, 3
What is History? Two Conferences - Brian Scott, 5
Structured Sixth Form Study - David Killingray, 8
16+ Feasibility Study and Oral Assessment - John Hamer, 10
Comment, 13
Reports:
Language and History Teaching, 15
History...
Teaching History 20
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Teaching History 21
Journal
Editorial, 2
The Contributors, 2
Children's Inductive Historical Thought: an Interim Report from a Current Research Project - Martin Booth, 3
Classified Advertisements, 8
An Approach to Learning History in Primary Schools - R. N. Hallam, 9
Young Children and the Past - Joan Blyth, 15
Teaching the Varieties of...
Teaching History 21
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Teaching History 23
Journal
Editorial, 2
The Contributors, 2
Teaching History: A Content Analysis of Numbers 1 to 20 - Keith Hodgkinson and J. B. Thomas, 3
History in Sixth Form Colleges in Hampshire - Joan Blyth, 7
`Booth at Hitchin': Assessing Thinking in History - Bernard Barker and Alan Southgate, 10
The Britannicus Letters...
Teaching History 23
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Teaching History 24
Journal
Editorial, 2
The Contributors, 3
`Public and Private Lives: Germany 1914 to 1939' - Diana Devlin, 3
The Perils of Clio in France - Clive Church, 7
Trends in History Teaching in France - L. 0. Ward, 12
How to Evaluate a History Department - John Higham, 14
Constraints in...
Teaching History 24
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Teaching History 25
Journal
Editorial, 2
Imaginative Writing Competition 1980, 2
The Teaching History Imaginative Writing Competition 1979, 3
The Contributors, 3
Patrick Richardson (1927-1979), 5
CEE History - One approach - Ian Dawson, 6
The Teaching of History, 11-18, A Consistent Approach - Jon Nichol, 9
Contradictory Ideas - Hugh Nicklin, 15
The...
Teaching History 25
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Teaching History 26
Journal
Editorial, 2
Contributors, 3
Trainee Teachers of History and Infants as Learners - John Fines, 3
Howler of the Year Competition, 5
A Castle in a Classroom - Carole Taylor and Joan Allmark, 6
Indian Village: a Simulation Exercise - Thomas F. Willer and Bruce M. Haight, 9
Bias in...
Teaching History 26
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Teaching History 27
Journal
Editorial, 2
Notes on contributors, 2
Oral History and the Raj - Andrew Reekes, 4
Programmed Learning and Guided Learning in History - Brian Garvey, 7
From a Victorian Scrapheap - David Jeremy, 10
Simulations and Computers - Richard Ennals, 13
Mr Polly's History, 16
Mission to England - Barbara...
Teaching History 27
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Teaching History 28
Journal
Editorial, 2
Notes on Contributors, 3
The Teaching History Imaginative Writing Competition 1980, 3
Why History - the Teachers - Peter Carpenter, 6
History 16-19, 8
Profile: Peggy Bryant - Martin Booth, 9
How I taught history - Sinclair Atkins, 11
Practical Points on Teaching History to less-able secondary pupils,...
Teaching History 28
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Teaching History 29
Journal
Editorial, 2
Notes on Contributors, 3
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy - Keith Hodgkinson and Michael Long, 3
Notes and news, 7
Primary School Children's Preception of Authenticity and Time in Historical Narrative Pictures - John West, 8
A Course in Local History Tonbridge and Kent - Andrew Reekes,...
Teaching History 29
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Teaching History 30
Journal
Editorial, 2
Notes on Contributors, 3
Down among the Deadmen: Graveyard Surveys for Local Studies - Brian Dix and Richard Smart, 3
Educational Objectives for History - Ten Years On -John Fines, 8
Notes and News, 10
A Primary School's Experiment with a Micro-Computor - James Gent, 11
History Abandoned?...
Teaching History 30
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Teaching History 31
Journal
Editorial, 2
List of Historical Association Area Education Advisers, 3
The 'Records Road Show' or Documents in Essex Classrooms - Ian Mason, 4
Schooling the Local Historian - Gareth Elwyn Jones, 7
Local History Teaching and the Ordinary Child - R. D. Woodall, 10
Lincolnshire Teachers' Views on a 16...
Teaching History 31
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Teaching History 32
Journal
Editorial, 2
The Role of History in Multi-Cultural Education - David Edgington, 3
The Perception of Indian History Teachers about the Ideal Pupil - Vijay K. Raina, 6
Can History Survive? - Trevor Fisher, 8
Report: Teaching A Level History: A Conference Report - Sandra Armstrong, 10
The History Curriculum...
Teaching History 32
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Teaching History 33
Journal
Editorial, 2
History Teaching and Artificial Intelligence - Richard Ennals, 3
Primary Schools: Humanities and Microelectronics - Ron Jones, 6
Choosing and Using Microcomputers: A Charter of Experience - John Wilkes, 9
Report: History and Computers - Frances Blow, 12
Report: Computer Assisted Learning in History - Derek Turner, 13...
Teaching History 33
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Teaching History 38
Journal
Editorial, 2
The Certificate of Pre-Vocational Education - What the History Teacher can Contribute - Ben Kerwood, 3
The Lincolnshire Educational Aids Project - A Successful Launch into Historical Aids - Ray Acton and Tim Hall, 8
The Humanities Teaching and Computing Project-Jon Nichol with Jackie Dean, 12
Report: HMI/National...
Teaching History 38
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Teaching History 39
Journal
Editorial, 2
A Small Local Investigation - David Wright, 3
A Journey Back into the Past - Rebecca Bell, 5
History Workshop Centre (Report), 7
History of Education in Schools - Richard Aldrich, 8
Christmas Holiday Lecture Quiz Prizewinner, 11
Recreating a Trip to York in Victorian Times - Mike...
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