Society

How people group together, organise their rules and systems are all part of what create a society. In this section articles examine the nature of society how it interacts with other themes of culture, power, etc. and how societies have developed and changed over time. The structures of the ancient world are explored as are the complex feudal systems and the varied societies of Empire and modernity.

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  • African and Caribbean British History: Tudor Period

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    In this podcast Onyeka discusses African and Caribbean British History during the Tudor period.

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  • African and Caribbean British History: Stuart Period

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    In this podcast Onyeka looks at African and Caribbean British History during the Stuart period.

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  • African and Caribbean British History: Georgian Period

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    In this podcast Onyeka examines African and Caribbean British History during the Georgian period.

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  • South Asian British History 1600-1800

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    In this podcast Dr Sumita Mukherjee looks at the history of South Asians in Britain between 1600 and 1800.

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  • The Northern Irish Troubles and the Good Friday Agreement

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    In this podcast Dr Stuart Aveyard looks at how 'the Troubles' developed over the 1970s, 80s and 90s and discusses the key factors that led to the Good Friday Agreement of 1998.

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  • The Huguenots in Britain & Ireland

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    In this podcast Dr Kathy Chater looks at the history of the British Huguenot community and the largest mass migration in European history until the 20th Century.

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  • Gladstone and Disraeli - Reform and Rivalry

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    In this podcast Professor Eric Evans discusses the relationship and rivalry between Gladstone and Disraeli and their reforms.

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  • Domestic impact of World War I

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    In this podcast Professor Richard Grayson of Goldsmiths, University of London, looks at the domestic impact of World War I on the U.K.

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  • Britain and the domestic impact of World War II

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    In this podcast Dr Dan Todman of Queen Mary, University of London takes a chronological look at Britain's involvement in World War 2 and examines the domestic impact it had.

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  • UK 1945-64 - Post War Consensus and the Welfare State

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    In this podcast Professor Keith Laybourn of the University of Huddersfield looks at the period 1945-64. What were the key forces that led to the welfare state and the post war consensuses? To what extent did this consensus transform the lives of British people?

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  • UK 1964-79 - Domestic problems under the Labour and Conservative Governments

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    In this podcast Professor Keith Laybourn of the University of Huddersfield discusses the key reasons for the growing domestic problems under the Labour and Conservative Governments 1964-79 and looks at the effectiveness of their response.

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  • Margaret Thatcher and her Legacy

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    In this podcast Professor Eric Evans looks at the rise, fall and legacy of Margaret Thatcher's premiership.

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  • How popular was the Nazi regime?

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    In this podcast Sir Ian Kershaw looks at the popularity of the Nazi regime.

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  • UK Women's Movement: How did Women achieve the Vote?

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    In this podcast Professor June Hannam of the University of the West of England looks at the key forces that led to women achiving the vote in the early 20th century.

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  • Second Wave Feminism in the UK

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    In this podcast Ms Jean Spence looks at the origins, the development and the gains achieved by second wave feminism.

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  • Second Wave Feminism as a personal journey

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    In this podcast Ms Jean Spence discusses how she discovered feminism and how being part of the feminist movement changed both hers and many other womens lives.

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  • Britain & Ireland in the early 19th Century

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    In this podcast Professor Peter Gray of Queen's University Belfast looks at the origins of the demands for a change to the constitutional relationship between Britain and Ireland in the early 19th century and the factors that were leading to division between the Catholic and Protestant communities in this period.

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  • The Irish Famine

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    In this podcast Professor Peter Gray examines the impact and significance of the Irish Famine and looks at why it was so devastating.

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  • Origins of the Northern Irish Civil Rights Movement

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    In this podcast Dr Stuart Aveyard of Queens University Belfast looks at the origins of the Northern Irish Civil rights movement that developed in the 60s and 70s and the impact of Bloody Sunday.

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  • The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

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    In this podcast Professor Gad Heuman of the University of Warwick examines the origins of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, the triangular trade, race, slave society and the changing interpretations of the abolition of the slave trade. (See also podcast The business of slavery: Economic history in the classroom from the HA's Britain and...

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