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British People Month – The Changing Place of the Countryside in Modern British Life, by Dr Jeremy Burchardt
The way historians think and write about the countryside has changed dramatically over the last few decades. Until the 1980s, most British historians regarded the economic history of farming as by far the most important aspect of the history of… Continue reading
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The Stenton Symposium- Collecting the Objects of History: Past Historic, Future Imperfect??’
Thursday 12th November 2009, 1430 hrs Museum of English Rural Life (MERL), Redlands Road, Reading The symposium was a round table discussion on themes related to and implicit in the Stenton Lecture. The symposium focussed on the issues and challenges… Continue reading
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