Nicholas Lloyd's "revisionist" account of The Amritsar Massacre: the untold story of one fateful day has provoked a heated discussion between the reviewer, Dr Kim Wagner of Queen Mary College (University of London), and the author in the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History
CLICK HERE TO READ DR. WAGNER'S REVIEW AND FOLLOW THE LINK TO SEE NICHOLAS LLOYD'S RESPONSE
If this has whetted your curiosity, we have the book in SOAS Library at JFC954.0357 / 735269
CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE LIBRARY CATALOGUE TO CHECK AVAILABILITY
Showing posts with label 20th century history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 20th century history. Show all posts
Friday, 16 March 2012
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
North China Herald: new online resource
Now available! Brill have made all issues of The North-China herald and Supreme Court and consular gazette (to give it its full title!) from 1850 to 1940 available in a digitized format.
The newspaper was published in Shanghai, which was "at the heart of China’s dealing with the Euro-American world and a city at the forefront of developments in Chinese politics, culture, education and the economy. As the official journal for British consular notifications, and announcements of the Shanghai Municipal Council, it is the first – and sometimes only – point of reference for information and comment on a range of foreign and Chinese activities." Brill website
It "is universally acclaimed as the prime printed source in any language for the history of the foreign presence in China from around 1850 to the 1940s" Brill website
LINK TO LIBRARY CATALOGUE PAGE
INTRODUCTORY VIDEO FROM BRILL (YouTube)
The newspaper was published in Shanghai, which was "at the heart of China’s dealing with the Euro-American world and a city at the forefront of developments in Chinese politics, culture, education and the economy. As the official journal for British consular notifications, and announcements of the Shanghai Municipal Council, it is the first – and sometimes only – point of reference for information and comment on a range of foreign and Chinese activities." Brill website
It "is universally acclaimed as the prime printed source in any language for the history of the foreign presence in China from around 1850 to the 1940s" Brill website
LINK TO LIBRARY CATALOGUE PAGE
INTRODUCTORY VIDEO FROM BRILL (YouTube)
Friday, 9 December 2011
Fact vs. fiction
In conjunction with the Institute of Historical Research's November conference Novel Approaches, their online Reviews in History has been comparing works of academic history with novels set in the same period
Julia Lovell (Birkbeck College, University of London)) compares Mao's last revolution by Roderick MacFarquhar and Michael Schoenhols with Yu Hua's novel Brothers (Xiong di)
Click to read her REVIEWS
Mao's last revolution (Harvard UP, 2006) is available in SOAS Library at CC951.056 / 995530.
Click HERE to go to the catalogue entry
Brothers is available at the British Library
Dr Jenny Benham (from the IHR) compares Jonathan Riley-Smith's classic The Crusades: a short history with the Swedish bestseller The Temple knight by Jan Guillou
Click to read her REVIEWS
The Crusades (2nd edition, 2005) is available in SOAS Library at NB909.07 / 933682
Click HERE to go to the catalogue entry
Try Foyles or Waterstones if you are intrigued by The Temple knight !
Julia Lovell (Birkbeck College, University of London)) compares Mao's last revolution by Roderick MacFarquhar and Michael Schoenhols with Yu Hua's novel Brothers (Xiong di)
Click to read her REVIEWS
Mao's last revolution (Harvard UP, 2006) is available in SOAS Library at CC951.056 / 995530.
Click HERE to go to the catalogue entry
Brothers is available at the British Library
Dr Jenny Benham (from the IHR) compares Jonathan Riley-Smith's classic The Crusades: a short history with the Swedish bestseller The Temple knight by Jan Guillou
Click to read her REVIEWS
The Crusades (2nd edition, 2005) is available in SOAS Library at NB909.07 / 933682
Click HERE to go to the catalogue entry
Try Foyles or Waterstones if you are intrigued by The Temple knight !
Thursday, 20 October 2011
Imperial heights : book review
Eric Jenning's Imperial heights: Dalat and the making and undoing of French Indochina looks at the development of Dalat, some 100 miles northeast of the modern Ho-Chi Minh City on the Lang Bian Plateau, as a hill-station and spa for European colonialists in the early 20th century. By the 1920s, it was a "decidedly French social space".
Read the review by Michael Vann in the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and see the author's response to the review as well.
Find the book in SOAS Library at GG959.703 / 742279.
Link to the Library Catalogue from here
Professor Eric Jennings is based at the Department of History, University of Toronto
Associate Professor Michael Vann is based at the Department of History, California State University, Sacremento.
Read the review by Michael Vann in the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and see the author's response to the review as well.
Find the book in SOAS Library at GG959.703 / 742279.
Link to the Library Catalogue from here
Professor Eric Jennings is based at the Department of History, University of Toronto
Associate Professor Michael Vann is based at the Department of History, California State University, Sacremento.
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