Olive Anderson
Olive Anderson (1927-2016) was professor of history at Westfield College, University of London.[1]
Life
[edit]Anderson has been noted for her innovative approach to the writing of military history, which concentrated on the political, administrative, and cultural aspects of conflicts rather than strategy or tactics.[2] In 2017, she featured in a conference, London's Women Historians, held at the Institute of Historical Research.[3]
Selected publications
[edit]- "The Political uses of History in Mid Nineteenth-Century England", Past & Present, Vol. 36, Issue 1 (April 1967), pp. 87–105. https://doi.org/10.1093/past/36.1.87
- A Liberal State at War: English Politics and Economics during the Crimean War (1967)
- "The Growth of Christian Militarism in mid-Victorian Britain", English Historical Review, 1971.
- Suicide in Victorian and Edwardian England (1987)[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Harriet Anderson. "Olive Anderson obituary | Education". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ Rosemary Mitchell (10 December 2018). "Women in the English Historical Review". The English Historical Review. 139 (596) cey395: e15–e30. doi:10.1093/ehr/cey395.
- ^ London's Women Historians. Laura Carter & Alana Harris, Institute of Historical Research, 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ Institution login (16 August 2012). "Olive Anderson, Suicide in Victorian and Edwardian England, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1987, 8vo, pp. viii, 475, illus., £40.00. | Medical History | Cambridge Core". Medical History. 32 (1). Cambridge.org: 110–111. doi:10.1017/S0025727300047864.
- ^ Institution login (11 July 2014). "Olive Anderson. Suicide in Victorian and Edwardian England. Oxford and New York: The Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press. 1987. Pp. xiii, 475. $84.00. | Albion | Cambridge Core". Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies. 20 (4). Cambridge.org: 662–664. doi:10.2307/4050233. JSTOR 4050233.
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