Tag Archives: A Level History

Lusitania: A Hundred Years on…

Posted on March 11, 2015 by kenbaker

The Lusitania Conspiracy? By Dr Ken Baker View this Author’s Spotlight Paperback, 46 Pages This item has not been rated yet Preview Price: €10.00 Ships in 3–5 business days For one brief shining moment, the Lusitania, a British-built ocean liner, … Continue reading →

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The Consequences of the Great Depression

Posted on November 3, 2010 by kenbaker

Though the U.S. economy had gone into depression six months earlier, the Great Depression may be said to have begun with a catastrophic collapse of stock-market prices on the New York Stock Exchange in October 1929. During the next three … Continue reading →

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Gladstone & The Irish Question

Posted on November 2, 2010 by kenbaker

What was Gladstone’s level of success in dealing with the “Irish Question”? He looked at the whole complex of issues in a fresh way and that gave the Irish Catholics hope for the future. Evidence for The disestablishment of the … Continue reading →

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United Irishmen

Posted on October 15, 2010 by kenbaker

The Society of United Irishmen was founded in Belfast in 1791 through the inspiration of a certain young Dublin lawyer named Theobald Wolfe Tone. He was invited to Ulster on the strength of the publication of his short pamphlet entitled … Continue reading →

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Considering Stalin’s Genocides

Posted on September 21, 2010 by kenbaker

Norman M. Naimark is a Professor in Eastern European Studies at Stanford University. His latest book is “Stalin’s Genocides”.

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Sligo Potato Famine 1845-6 (4)

Posted on August 4, 2010 by kenbaker

A Poor Law had been introduced to Ireland in July 1838 which involved the division of the country into 130 “unions” consisting of a group of electoral divisions made up of a number of townlands. Sligo Union comprised 23 divisions … Continue reading →

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Sligo Potato Famine 1845 (3)

Posted on July 31, 2010 by kenbaker

Why was the famine in West Ireland not foreseen? Why were there no structures for support already in place? The major reason for the devastation caused by the failure of the potato crops was the lack of alternative resources. Father … Continue reading →

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Sligo: Potato Famine 1845 (2)

Posted on July 29, 2010 by kenbaker

An unknown disease had attacked the potato crops in the Eastern United States, ruining the harvests during the years 1843 and 1844. The likelihood is that some diseased potatoes from these crops were shipped to a few European ports. The … Continue reading →

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SALAMIS: the watershed

Posted on July 16, 2010 by kenbaker

After the Persian victories at Artemisium and Thermopylae, king Xerxes proceeded to Athens, which he captured in the last days of September 480. Meanwhile, the Greek navy, which had managed to get away from Artemisium, stayed on the isle of … Continue reading →

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From Gibbon to Goebbels? The Historians’ Trajectory

Posted on June 26, 2010 by kenbaker

Gibbon and Goebbels are not the obvious choices for comparison to Herodotus and Thucydides, but bear with me. H & T are frequently regarded as the “first historians.” They wrote the book, you might say, on how to do history. … Continue reading →

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