Modern British History
Joseph Sramek
Latest Articles
Labour and the Outbreak of War: Summer 1939, Part II
Part II of a two-part series on the final few months before World War II broke out, concluding the very long series on this site about Labour and Appeasement during the 1930s.
Labour and the Outbreak of War, Summer 1939, Part I
Part I of a two-part series on the final few months before World War II broke out, concluding the very long series on this site about Labour and Appeasement during the 1930s.
Violence Against Women in Europe and America, Part IV
Part IV of a 4-part series exploring recent scholarship on the history of rape and spousal murder in France, England, and the United States.
Violence Against Women in Europe and America, Part III
Part III of a 4-part series exploring recent scholarship on the history of rape and spousal murder in France, England, and the United States.
Violence Against Women in Europe and America, Part II
Part II of a 4-part series exploring recent scholarship on the history of rape and spousal murder in France, England, and the United States.
Violence Against Women in Europe and America, Part I
Part I of a 4-part series exploring recent scholarship on the history of rape and spousal murder in France, England, and the United States.
Building a New Jerusalem?: Labour in Power 1945-51, Part II
The post-war Attlee Government (1945-1951)--the first Labour Government to have a working majority--was one of the more important Governments of the twentieth century. Nevertheless, there is great debate among British historians over the level of this importance, and the degree of change the Government effected. This two-part essay illustrates the basic ...
Building a New Jerusalem?: Labour in Power 1945-51, Part I
The post-war Attlee Government (1945-1951)--the first Labour Government to have a working majority--was one of the more important Governments of the twentieth century. Nevertheless, there is great debate among British historians over the level of this importance, and the degree of change the Government effected. This extend essay illustrates the basic ...
Regional Particularism in Victorian Criminal Justice
Book review on a book about criminal justice in Victorian Kent during the middle and late nineteenth century.
Napoleon's Irish Army (book review)
Book review of John G. Gallaher's Napoleon's Irish Legion,, a book about a legion initially set up in 1802 for a proposed invasion of the British Isles and later used in numerous Napoleonic campaigns.