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Transactions of the Royal Historical Society is an annual collection of major articles representing some of the best historical research by some of the world's most distinguished historians. This volume includes articles on Saladin's 'spin doctors', Wales and nuclear power during the 1980s, and self-help for women in Post-war Britain.
List of contents
1. Presidential address. Material turns in British history: II. Corruption: Imperial power, princely politics and gifts gone rogue Margot C. Finn; 2. Colouring outside the lines: Methods for a global history of Eastern Eurasia, 600�50 Naomi Standen; 3. Saladin's 'spin doctors' Carole Hillenbrand; 4. Musicalising history Matthew S. Champion and Miranda Stanyon; 5. Love, care and the illegitimate child in eighteenth-century Scotland Katie Barclay; 6. Proportionate maiming: the origins of Thomas Jefferson's provision for facial disfigurement in Bill 64 Emily Cock; 7. Mary Williamson's letter, or, seeing women and sisters in the archives of Atlantic slavery Diana Paton; 8. Death and the modern Empire: the 1918� Influenza epidemic in India David Arnold; 9. The self and self-help: women pursuing autonomy in post-war Britain Lynn Abrams; 10. The politics of time and state identity in the German Democratic Republic Marcus Colla; 11. Time and distance: reflections on local and global history from East Africa Richard Reid; 12. Politicising Chernobyl: Wales and nuclear power during the 1980s Seé¤ Aeron Martin and Mari Elin Wiliam; 13. How natural is natural? Historical perspectives on wildlife and the environment in Britain Tom Williamson.
Summary
Transactions of the Royal Historical Society is an annual collection of major articles representing some of the best historical research by some of the world's most distinguished historians. This volume includes articles on Saladin's 'spin doctors', Wales and nuclear power during the 1980s, and self-help for women in post-war Britain.
