Keith Wrightson, Earthly Necessities: Economic Lives in Early Modern Britain. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2000. xii + 372 pp. $35 (cloth), ISBN: 0-300-08391-2.
Reviewed for EH.NET by David Stead, Nuffield College, University of Oxford.
Published by EH.NET, March 2001.
In the April 2001 issue of the National Library of Australia News Dr Stephen Holt describes how the works and beliefs of the American Populist Ignatius Donnelly influenced pre-Federation Australia and the early Australian Labor Party, and are still echoed in the beliefs of the anti-globalisation movement today. The article was written to mark the centenary of Donnelly's death.
For more information on Ignatius Donnelly centenary activities in Australia please contact stephenholt34@hotmail.com.
Posted: 6 April 2001
Amy Knight, Who Killed Kirov? The Kremlin's Greatest Mystery.New York: Hill and Wang, 1999. xiv + 331 pp. Photographs, maps, notes, and index. US$26.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-8090-64049.
Reviewed for H-Russia by Frank Schauff, PhD candidate, Department of Eastern European History, University of Cologne.
Published by H-Russia, March 2001.
The Greatest Mystery?
Rebellion on the Border
United Kingdom Exhibition
Making Social Movements: The British Marxist Historians and the study of social movements
First Call for Papers
June 26-28, 2002, Edge Hill College of Higher Education, England
Conference sponsors:
Social Movements Research Group, London Socialist Historians Group, Historical Materialism
Confirmed Speakers:
Brian Manning, author The English People and the English Revolution; Bryan D Palmer, author E.P. Thompson: Objections and Oppositions; Ellen Wood, author Democracy Against Capitalism
The Societal Consequences of Deindustrialization, 1750-2000
Call for Papers
Deindustrialization is due to various causes, principal among which is loss of competitiveness (as a result of sources being exhausted, inferior product quality, a generally high level of costs, or adverse government policy); it can also be the result of technological advances, however, or management decisions to relocate production facilities, for whatever reason.
The Ewan MacColl wing of the Working Class Movement Library website is now open and can be entered at www.wcml.org.uk/em/timeline.html.
Ewan MacColl will be known to most people as a songwriter, and as a singer, but he was also of significant influence in the worlds of theatre and radio broadcasting. He was a committed socialist all his life and his political sensibilities underpinned all his creative activities.
From: Carol Mandel carol.mandel@nyu.edu
Date: Friday, March 23, 2001 10:25 am
Dear colleagues,
With sadness I am writing to let you know that our dear and deeply admired colleague, Debra E. Bernhardt, died peacefully in her home last night. A memorial service is planned for May.
IALHI's XXXII Conference: Tampere 2001
The conference will be organized by the Central Museum of Labour in Finland (Työväen Keskusmuseo), and will take place on September 5-8, 2001.
The Museum is located at Väinö Linnan aukio 5, 33210 Tampere (tel 358-931-2110404, fax 2110402, email info@tkm.fi).
The preliminary program is now available at www.ialhi.org/iconf.php.
Posted: 22 March 2001
Policy History Conference
May 23-26, 2002
