The Routledge Guide to British Political Archives

Sources since 1945
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-138-87829-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 488 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 939 g

This major new reference work provides an authoritative and wide-ranging guide to archive sources now becoming available for British political history since 1945.

With a user-friendly layout, the book presents a comprehensive range of 1,500 personal papers from leading statesmen, backbench politicians, writers, campaigners, diplomats and generals which cover the key aspects of British history since of the end of the Second World War.

Compiled by an experienced archivist, this comprehensive, easy-to-use and authoritative guide is an invaluable resource for researchers of modern British history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cook, Chris

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction and Acknowledgements. Abbreviations of Major Record Repositories Part 1: Checklist of Archives of Organisations and Societies (A-Z) Part 2: Personal Archive Collections. Appendix 1: The Colonial Records Survey. Appendix 2: The Military Records Survey. Appendix 3: A Note on Electronic Pathways

Über Autor(innen)

Chris Cook is former Head of the Modern Archives Unit at the London School of Economics. Editor of the best-selling Pears Cyclopaedia for over thirty years, his is also author of The Routledge Companion to European History since 1763, The Routledge Companion to World History since 1914 and The Routledge Companion to Britain in the 19th Century.