The Underground Above Ground

Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis 1863-2013Lucy Maulsby The Underground Above Ground17 January 2013  Abstract: Architectural historians interested in underground transportation systems have largely focused on the representational character of the...

The Consumption of Culture – A Global History

Global History seminarFrank Trentmann (Birkbeck)17 March 2010The Consumption of Culture – A Global HistoryThis is a guest post by Bianca Harrisskitt, one of IHR Digital’s interns from the University of Leicester. The growth of consumerism is a topic that seems to be...

The London Tube Map as Shared Public Diagram

Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis 1863-2013Christoph LuederThe London Tube Map as Shared Public Diagram18 January 2013 Abstract: Harry Beck’s seminal London Tube Map, in over 80 years of use and alteration since its inception in 1931, has provided an...

Joaquim Nabuco, Abolitionism and the End of Slavery in Brazil

Joaquim Nabuco, Abolitionism and the End of Slavery in BrazilLeslie Bethell (KCL)Latin American History seminar19 February 2013This is a guest post by Angie Goodwin, one of IHR Digital’s interns from the University of West Virginia. How did the abolition movement in...