History Today - November 2022

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Volume 72 Issue 11 November 2022

Second the Best

The industry, enlightenment, history and soft-power of Birmingham.

Tlāloc

The Mesoamerican god of rain brings water to a world surrounded by it.

The Prime Minister and the President

John F. Kennedy idolised Winston Churchill, but his efforts to host his hero proved abortive.

Winter and its Discontents

Winter has always been a time of heightened anxiety, but it may be easier to bear when we face it together.

How Monarchs Succeed

As the accession of Edward VII shows, a new British monarch must represent the nation’s values – whatever that nation and those values are.

‘Because they were German’

The continuity and contextualisation of German military history across five centuries.

Tutankhamun in the Flesh

The discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922 reopened arguments about the presumed race of the ancient Egyptians.

Eleanor Roosevelt’s Second Act

After the death of her husband in 1945, Eleanor Roosevelt left the White House and embarked upon a new career as ‘First Lady of the World’.

‘The Vote is of the People’

Brazilian democracy is young, hard-won and under threat. As the country goes to the polls, its history reminds us that the right to vote is not a given.

Women, Life, Freedom

Iranian women have always been present in national uprisings, but this time they are leading them.