History at Source
4 total works
This title begins with an introduction to the intellectual background to the French Revolution and looks at the main events and movements, including the role of the bourgeoisie and the working classes, the Girondins and the Jacobins, the attack on the Church and the fall of the Monarchy, Robespierre, the Terror and the Directory. In addition, separate chapters considers the role of women in the French Revolution, its social achievements and the historiography of the subject.
Provides a collection of documentary and visual sources, with commentary, covering the major issues in British political history from 1900 to 1945. As well as sources relating to specific events and personalities, such as the General Strike of 1926, Lloyd George and Stanley Baldwin, some of the groups of sources are concerned with longer term issues such as Ireland and the rise of the Labour Party. As with other titles in the series, visual sources are included alongside documentary ones. The "History at Source" series provides collections of documents and visual sources covering popular topics in history for A/AS level and Higher Grade students. The author has written books in the "Evidence in Question Series" for OUP and "Revise Guide Series" for Longman.
Examines a number of diplomatic crises of the inter-war period, ranging from the Versailles Treaty and the surrounding controversy to the invasion of Poland in 1939. Two additional chapters look at the way in which the period was seen through the eyes of cartoonists and the historiography of the period. Following the style of other books in the series, each topic is introduced with a historical overview and explanation. It is followed by a series of excerpts from primary and secondary sources representing the views of participants, interested individuals and historians.