Twentieth Century (History)
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All too often, depoliticization is reduced to a very recent phenomenon, an effect of ‘Neoliberalism’. In a workshop to be held in Nijmegen on April 1-2, 2022, organized by Adriejan van Veen (Nijmegen) and myself, we aim to place the... more
County and local magazines are flourishing, unlike the regional newspaper press. But where did these publications come from? This paper begins to map the history of the magazine outside London, with a focus on twentieth-century county... more
A history of the twentieth century is a history of hunger. Although modernity brought with it improved technical and logistical means of eliminating famine, nevertheless the century saw the greatest number of famine deaths in history.... more
In this paper I argue that the increase in the size of the Federal Government in the early twentieth century came about by a combination of a desire by the American public for reform and a perception that the Federal Government was the... more
Before 1939, around 200,000 young unemployed men entered government work camps in Britain. By comparison with Germany or the USA in the same period, this was a relatively small scale operation. The purposes and architecture of the... more
Svědectví pamětníka je nezastupitelným a velice hodnotným doplňkem běžné výuky dějepisu a dalších předmětů na 2. stupni ZŠ i na různých typech středních škol. Svědectví umožňuje personalizaci „velké historie“, žáci a studenti se s... more