Nov 18, 2010
Many people would see our current celebrity-obsessed age as standing in stark contrast to the past, when renown was based on solid achievements. Fred Inglis, in his Short History of Celebrity (reviewed here this week in Reviews in History), demonstrates that the...
Oct 28, 2010
This week on Reviews in History we’re covering a selection of transport films recently made available by the London Transport Museum. However, besides these there is a wealth of other great stuff on the LTM site – including fantastic collections of...
Oct 22, 2010
Research into the history of crime in London has been transformed since the proceedings of the Old Bailey went online in 2003, and the author of a new book on the subject admits that he visits this siteat least two or three times a week.Drew Gray’s Crime,...
Oct 18, 2010
Shlomo Sand’s The Invention of the Jewish People, as might be guessed from its title alone, caused something of stir when published last year. Its review in the New York Times was one of the most widely read pieces on the web, remarkably for a history book, and...
Oct 1, 2010
This week on Reviews in History two new resources for historians of slavery are reviewed, Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database and Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice, 1490-2007. The latter date is of course significant in marking the 200th anniversary...
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