Book Reviews

The Historian is the publication for general members of the HA. One of its regular features is book reviews. The reviews cover everything from the popular new history books to some of the more obscure, specialist books that make you proud that publishers still value history books. Find out what is hot on the history shelves here.

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  • The Providence of God

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    Francis Aran Murphy and Philip G. Ziegler, (eds.)The Providence of God (T. & T. Clark, London and New York), 2009xi., 338pp., paperback,  ISBN 978 0 567 03341 3, £24.99. hardback, ISBN 978 0 567 03340 6Providence is and has always been both an influential and a controversial concept in Christian...

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  • What is Migration Theory?

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    HistoriographyChristiane Harzig and Dirk Hoerder with Donna Gabaccia What is Migration History? (What is History? Polity Press), 2009 181pp., £13.99 paper, ISBN 978-0-7456-4336-6Migration has formed one of the enduring characteristics of the human race and there have been particular periods when peoples have migrated for a variety of reasons from...

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  • Teaching Red Scarf Girl

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    Facing History and Ourselves is excited to announce a new study guide. Teaching Red Scarf Girl has been developed to help classrooms explore essential Facing History themes, including conformity, obedience, prejudice and justice. Red Scarf Girl, Ji-li Jiang's engaging memoir, provides an insightful window into the first tumultuous years of...

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  • The Modern Historiography Reader: Western Sources

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    Adam Budd, (ed.) The Modern Historiography Reader: Western Sources (Routledge, 2008) 534pp., £24.99 paper, ISBN 978-0-415-45887-0This excellent book provides a guide to European and North American developments in historical writing since the eighteenth century through a collection of well-chosen sources.  The book begins with the Enlightenment and moves through subjects...

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  • Sharing The Past: Northamptonshire's Black History

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    Northamptonshire Black History Association Pub 2008; ISBN:978 0 9557139 1 0; £12.95 [+£2.30 p and p] from: NBHA, Doddridge Centre, 109 St James Road, Northampton, NN5 5LD. How fortunate Northamptonshire history teachers are! With the current emphasis on community cohesion and diversity in the New Secondary Curriculum, they are presented...

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  • The People's War: reliving Life on the Home Front in World War II

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    The People's War: reliving Life on the Home Front in World War II, by Felicity Goodall Reader's Digest, £25, hardback, pub Oct 2008, ISBN: 9780276443916.Reviewed by Alf WilkinsonThis large hard-back book is very much a library and/or reference book. Its main attraction is the collection of photographs and posters, many...

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  • Voices of the Code Breakers: Personal Accounts of the secret heroes of WW2.

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    Voices of the Code Breakers: Personal Accounts of the secret heroes of WW2. Michael Paterson David and Charles, £14.99 ISBN 13 978 0 71532280 2 Published 2007It's not just in the Soviet Union that recently declassified documents are changing the way we view WW2. It also applies to the secret...

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