Search Results - "Journal of British studies"

From Empire to Humanity: The Russian Famine and the Imperial Origins of International Humanitarianism by Sasson, Tehila

“…This article investigates the imperial origins of international humanitarianism in the British and international relief mission to Russia during the famine of…”
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Britain and the World: A New Field? by Sasson, Tehila, Vernon, James, Ogborn, Miles, Satia, Priya, Hall, Catherine

“…Over the past decade, historians, journals, conferences, and even job advertisements have devoted attention to a new field of inquiry, “Britain and the world.”…”
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Sir John Gladstone and the Debate over the Amelioration of Slavery in the British West Indies in the 1820s by Burnard, Trevor, Candlin, Kit

“…Sir John Gladstone made a fortune as a Demerara sugar-planter and a key supporter of the British policy of amelioration in which slavery would be “improved” by…”
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“Disgusting Details Which Are Best Forgotten”: Disclosures of Child Sexual Abuse in Twentieth-Century Britain by Delap, Lucy

“…For those who by the end of the twentieth century came to be termed “survivors” of child sexual abuse, different genres and forms have been available to…”
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Roundtable: The Anthropocene in British History by Otter, Chris, Bashford, Alison, Brooke, John L., Jonsson, Fredrik Albritton, Kelly, Jason M.

“…The following exchange was the result of ongoing informal conversations among the contributors, who are all, in different ways, interested in the emergent…”
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Materiality in the Future of History: Things, Practices, and Politics by Trentmann, Frank

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Crime Scene Photography in England, 1895–1960 by Bell, Amy

“…This article discusses the development of techniques and practices of murder crime scene photography through four pairs of photographs taken in England between…”
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The Use of Force to Prevent War? The Bryce Group's “Proposals for the Avoidance of War,” 1914–15 by Kaiga, Sakiko

“…This article reappraises the debate about war prevention in the Bryce Group, the first study circle in Britain to devise a plan for the League of Nations…”
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Puritan Martyrs in Island Prisons by Cressy, David

“…Charles I's Star Chamber prosecution of the lawyer William Prynne, the minister Henry Burton, and the physician John Bastwick generated both contemporary and…”
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Rethinking the Public Sphere in Early Modern England by Lake, Peter, Pincus, Steve

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The Church of England, Homosexual Law Reform, and the Shaping of the Permissive Society, 1957–1979 by Ramsay, Laura Monica

“…This article re-examines existing narratives of British permissiveness and secularization through a discussion of the Church of England's role in shaping the…”
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Women (and Men) on the Move: Scots in the English North c. 1440 by Bennett, Judith M.

“…Alien subsidies suggest that many men and few women immigrated to England between 1440 and 1487. This article examines the one exception to this pattern: the…”
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One British Thing: A Bottle of Welfare Orange Juice, c. 1961–1971 by Durbach, Nadja

“…This essay inaugurates a new series in the Journal of British Studies titled “One British Thing.” This short essay uses a bottle of welfare orange juice…”
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Against Ethnicity: Democracy, Equality, and the Northern Irish Conflict by Prince, Simon

“…The study of the Northern Irish Troubles is dominated by ethnic readings of conflict and violence. Drawing on new scholarship from a range of different…”
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Missionaries, the Monarchy, and the Emergence of Anglican Pluralism in the 1960s and 1970s by Loss, Daniel S.

“…In the late twentieth century, a new justification for the Church of England's establishment emerged: the church played an important social and political role…”
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One British Thing: Clay Pipes by Lemire, Beverly

“…The clay tobacco pipe is a “British thing” distinct to its time, but that is a partial provenance. Although many thousands have been unearthed in Britain or…”
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Success in a Failed Campaign: The French Refugees of Jersey and the Making of an Abstract “Right to Refuge” by Shaw, Caroline

“…Histories of human rights tend to focus on defining moments, clear instances of universalism triumphant. If we hold to this model, the 1855 campaign on behalf…”
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“We Hold It in Trust”: Global Wildlife Conservation, Africanization, and the End of Empire by Schauer, Jeff

“…In the early 1960s, the College of African Wildlife Management opened in northern Tanzania. The institution was designed to lessen the impact of decolonization…”
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Rethinking the British World by Pietsch, Tamson

“…This article rethinks the concept of the “British World” by paying close attention to the voices of those who attended the 1903 Allied Colonial Universities…”
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Decolonizing the New Town: Roy Gazzard and the Making of Killingworth Township by Meredith, Jesse

“…What better laboratory for an experiment in racial integration could there be than the nascent community of a new town? The architect Roy Gazzard posed this…”
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