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The tolls of archival research and how it has made me a better historian

The tolls of archival research and how it has made me a better historian

by Talking Humanities | Jun 15, 2017 | Archives & Libraries, Discipline, Features, History & Classics, Research & Resources

Dr Joseph Harley, EHS Postan Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research, bemoans the fact that although the poor made up well over half of the British population during the early modern period, archives contain very little information on them. For a historian...
Why John Simpson was right to raise the issue of white poverty in South Africa

Why John Simpson was right to raise the issue of white poverty in South Africa

by aseifert | Jun 7, 2013 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Politics & Law, Republished

In his recent blog, Martin Plaut, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, discusses John Simpson’s controversial coverage of white poverty in South Africa. Though poor whites are in a minority, should this mean that the tens of thousands who do live...

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