Tuesday 2nd December, 2008
UK history magazine and online archive, covering world history from ancient to american, military to modern, as well as history book reviews from leading historians.
History Today December 2008 
Subscribe Now (blue)In our December issue F R E E cover article Nursing Times Paul Doolan disusses how arguments over breastfeeding have been happening from Ancient Egypt to the present.
 
In another F R E E article Shades of Difference Alastair Bonnet surveys descendants of black members of Native American tribes and the tribes themselves. Othe features include Edward VIII in the US, French colonialism in Brazil, and the abolition of capital punishment.
 
There is also our Christmas Quiz to try your luck at. You might win some great history books! 
 
 

 
 
 
 
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Towers of RigaSee how invaders made their mark and how Baltic identities have developed since 1991. 

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December 2
1805 - Napoleon (crowned emperor exactly one year earlier) defeated the Austrians and Russians at the Battle of Austerlitz.
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eat my dust early women motorists clarsen
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This week's books:
  • A Companion to the Anglo-Zulu War - Knight
  • Eat My Dust: Early Women Motorists - Clarsen
  • Pilots of WWI: On a Wing and a Prayer - Levine
 
September 2008 issue - journal for history students
History Review September 2008
 
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