Designed for Play: Children’s playgrounds and the politics of urban space

by | 11 Jul 2024 | General, New Historical Perspectives, RHS Publications

    To coincide with the release of his new book — Designed for Play. Children’s Playgrounds and the Politics of Urban Space, 1840–2010 — Jon Winder considers the complex and revealing history of the children’s playground and the wider social,...

Anti-communism in Britain during the early Cold War: A Very British Witch Hunt

by | 13 Apr 2023 | General, New Historical Perspectives, RHS Publications

  To coincide with the release of his new book Anti-Communism in Britain During the Early Cold War: A Very British Witch Hunt, Dr Matthew Gerth considers the anti-communist credentials of the post-war British prime minister, Clement Attlee. Matthew’s book,...

The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy: Quantifying Caribbean Slavery’s Historic Connections and Modern Legacies in Scotland

by | 11 Nov 2022 | General, New Historical Perspectives, RHS Publications

  In his new book, The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy: Scotland and Caribbean Slavery, 1775-1838, Stephen Mullen provides the first comprehensive study of Scotland’s West India merchant elites and the economic legacy of Caribbean slavery on Scottish, and wider...

Poets Laureate of the Long Eighteenth Century: Courting the Public

by | 13 Sep 2022 | General, Guest Posts, New Historical Perspectives, RHS Publications

  To coincide with publication of his new monograph — The Poets Laureate of the Long Eighteenth Century, 1668-1813. Courting the Public — Dr Leo Shipp charts the rise and role of the laureateship from John Dryden to the appointment of Robert Southey....

Providing for the Poor: micro-histories of poverty

by | 06 Sep 2022 | General, Guest Posts, New Historical Perspectives, RHS Publications

    Dr Louise Falcini and Dr Peter Collinge introduce their new essay collection ‘Providing for the Poor: The Old Poor Law, 1750-1834’, the research for which is supported by the AHRC-funded project ‘Small Bills and Petty Finance:...

The Politics of Women’s Suffrage. Local, National and International Dimensions

by | 15 Nov 2021 | General, New Historical Perspectives, RHS Publications

In this post, Dr Alexandra Hughes-Johnson and Dr Lyndsey Jenkins introduce their new edited collection, The Politics of Women’s Suffrage. Local, National and International Dimensions: the tenth title in the RHS’s ‘New Historical Perspectives’ book series, published by...