From Old to New Poor Law
Graham Goodlad considers the background to the reform of the Poor Law in 1834 and its impact on society.
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Lebensraum - Policy or Propaganda?
What did Hitler mean by Lebensraum? Did he attempt to translate theory into reality? Martyn Housden 'unpacks' the term and puts it into historical context.
Portrait Of Britain: 1600
John Miller describes the state of the British kingdoms as James Stewart waits to become monarch of the entire archipelago.
Sex and Sensibility at the British Museum
David Gaimster reveals the origins and contents of the British Museum's Secretum, a hidden repository of artefacts deemed pornographic and unfit for public gaze by Victorian curators.
Portrait Of Britain: 1500
Steven Gunn looks at the condition of Britain at the beginning of the Tudor era, and finds a society that was increasingly cohesive, confident and cosmopolitan.
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Policing America
Wilbur Miller investigates the historical background to law enforcement in the United States.
Portrait of Britain: AD 1400
Nigel Saul tells how, in spite of famines and visitations of the plague, conditions were better than ever before for those living in 1400.
The Idea of Juvenile Crime in 19th-Century England
Heather Shore challenges the view that the 19th century was a pivotal period of change in the treatment of young offenders.
The Hunt for Jack the Ripper
William D. Rubinstein reviews the achievements of the Ripperologists and considers the arguments surrounding the so-called Ripper Diaries.
The Dutch in Japan
Paul Doolan describes the unique 400-year-long trading, intellectual and artistic contacts between the Dutch and the Japanese.