Contents
DECEMBER 201 0
FEATURES
22War on the rail s Christian Wolmar describes how railways enabled the mass slaughter of 20th-century conflicts
32Why the westrules… f or now Ian Morris considers why the east fell b ehind the west in recent centuries. Will this trend be reverse d?
38Three films about… P earl Harbor America’s day of infamy has inspired many cinematic adaptations.Mark Glancy weighs up their merits
42All in the best p ossible tast e Amanda Vickery reveals how Georgian Britons first took an interest in domestic style
50The Egyptian Book of the D ead Rob Attar discovers how ancient Eg yptians planned to avoid the p itfalls of the afterlif e
57Terror on the streets of Lond on Clive Bloom reports on the bloodshed caused by European revolutionaries in Britain a century ag o
4
Contact us
PHONE Ed itoria l 0117 314 7377 S ubscriptions & back issues 0 844 844 025 0 A dvertising 0117 314 875 2
EMAIL E ditorialh is torymagazine @ bbcmagazinesbristol.co m S ubscriptions & back issues bbchistory@servicehelpline.co.uk
POST E ditorial BBC Histor y Magazine, r T ower House, Fairfax Street, Bristol BS1 3BN S ubscriptions & back issues BBC History Magazine , PO Box 279, Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 8DF.
In the US/Canada you can contact us at: PO Box 421133, Palm Coast, FL 32142 bbchistory@emailcustomerservice.co m T oll free 800-342-3592
EVERY MONTH
6 Le tt ers
8 Mi lestones: I t happened in Decembe r
News 12 Breaking news 17 Ne ws from the journal s 18 Wo rld news in context:Cypru s
41 Op inion by Dominic Sandbroo k
49 C hanging times b y Chris Bowlby
61 Book reviews 1 1 n e w history books reviewe d
77 TV&Radio W hat ’ s on in December
Out&About 80 W h ere history happened: T he Prayer Book Rebellion 86 Te n things to do this mont h 88 Ho liday idea s
Miscellany 93 Q&A:&Your historical questions answered 96 Pr ize crossword: Win one of 4 books worth £2 5 97 P u zzl es
98 M y history hero y by Robin Hanbury-Tenisonon
/BOWOOD/TOPFOTO
MUSEUM
ISH
IT
IBRARY/BR
LICTURE
PEVANS
/MARY
ION
COLLECT
IVE/KOBAL
ARCH
ART
Subscribe 30
C hoose your free book when you s ubscribe
USPS Identifi cation Statement fi BBC HISTORY (ISSN 1469-8552) (USPS 024-177) December 2010 is published 13 times a year by Bristol Magazines Ltd., 9th Floor, Tower House, Fairfax Street, Bristol BS1 3BN, UK. Distributed in the US by Evergreen Marketing, 116 Ram Cat Alley, Suite 201, Seneca, SC 29678-3263. Periodicals postage paid at Seneca, SC and additional mailing offi c es. fi POSTMASTER: Send address changes to BBC HISTORY, PO Box 421133, Palm Coast , FL 32142-11 33.
B BC History Magazine
