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The Historical Journal

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The Historical Journal publishes papers on all aspects of British, European, and world history since the fifteenth century.

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Koji Hirata@khirata.bsky.social · 3w ago

I am delighted to announce that I have recently begun a new role of Reviews Editor for The Historical Journal: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... In this role, I commission review essays on all aspects of history since the fifteenth century.

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The Historical Journal - Sara Caputo, Bronwen Everill, Helen Pfeifer

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The Historical Journal@historicaljnl.bsky.social · 3w ago

📣 We are delighted to announce that Dr Koji Hirata @khirata.bsky.social will be joining The Historical Journal team as Reviews Editor! Dr Hirata’s research spans modern China, Japan, and Russia/the Soviet Union, while encompassing broader interests in global histories of capitalism and socialism.

PHANZA Professional Historians of New Zealand / Aotearoa@phanza.bsky.social · 3w ago

Might be some interesting comparative material in this open access article for anyone working on humanitarian politics, the Church Missionary Society etc. in 19thC Aotearoa New Zealand.

The Historical Journal@historicaljnl.bsky.social · 3w ago

From our latest issue! Darren Reid (McGill University) on 'Indigenous Rights, Philanthropy and Humanitarian Governance across the Anglo World, 1837–1951' #Australia #CivilRights #Government #Imperial 19thc 20thc 🗃️ 👉Read open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Mark Williams@mrfw17thc.bsky.social · last mo.

Given the state of drought in so much of the UK, @keirwaddington.bsky.social could not be doing more timely work! This is a fascinating and important article. Give it a read #skystorians !!

The Historical Journal@historicaljnl.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📘From our latest issue! Keir Waddington @keirwaddington.bsky.social (Cardiff University) on 'Living with Drought in the Long Nineteenth Century' #Water #Environment #Climate #Rural #Weather 👉Read open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The 1893 drought will, according to the science journal Nature in July, ‘unquestionably take its place among the recorded events of history, if regard be had to its intensity [and] the length of time during which it has lasted’. Communities reported being stretched beyond endurance. Rivers ran dry, reservoirs dropped to record lows, wells failed, and domestic water supplies were restricted to a few hours per day. But while the 1893 drought was severe, it was not unusual. As this article reveals, urban and rural communities faced regular droughts of varying intensity and duration during the long nineteenth century. What did this mean for them? Where previous interest in extreme weather events has focused on recovering historic patterns, or examined resilience or adaption, this article explores the lived experiences of drought to offer a new perspective on the impact of weather shocks and water scarcity on people’s lives. By combining evidence from meteorological reports, newspapers, official reports, and local government archives, the article undercovers the fragility of urban and rural water supplies and examines how behaviours were adapted in response to water scarcity and precarity.
PJ Wilson@pjwils.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This is a brilliant piece by @kabcommons.bsky.social and, I think, will be of interest to anyone working in the study of migration in history.

The Historical Journal@historicaljnl.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📘From our latest issue! Kathleen Commons @kabcommons.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social on 'Discovering ‘Immigration Control’ in England, c. 1540 – c. 1640' #Migration #History #EarlyModern #England #Immigration 📜 16thc 17thc 👉Read open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Migration history is a growing field – yet the legal status of migrants in early modern England has not yet been investigated in detail. Reconstructing the legal system that governed migrants in early modern England does not just add significant depth and nuance to histories of migration and migrants, but also provides fresh insight into the status of English subjects. Furthermore, it enables historians to trace longer histories of the exclusion of migrants from rights in England and Britain. This article reconstructs the common law governance of migrants between c. 1540 and c. 1640, showing how common law principles and practices excluded migrants from the rights-bearing status of English subjects. Rather than being governed by the law, migrants were substantively governed under prerogative, a form of governance repeatedly resisted by English subjects. Although some migrants could access (unstable) liberties granted under prerogative, for the most part migrants were also subject to discriminatory local byelaws and licences and commissions granted by the crown for their exploitation. The repeated ‘molestation’ of migrants by informers for working contrary to statute, and petitions against this harassment from migrants suggest this early modern system of immigration control was relatively well understood by both subjects and migrants.