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CONTENTS Features Families pose with their wagons near the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, late 19th century. On page 56, Karen R Jones tells the stories of women grasping new social opportunities in the American West 14 The forgo en story of Hispanic North America J BY CARRIE GIBSON What happened to earlier communities in a history now dominated by English voices? THE LONG READ 23 The complex history of concentration camps J BY DAN STONE Why we must look to the past to understand recent debates about border camps in the US THE BIG QUESTION 40 Why can’t we escape the grip of the Second World War? J Experts discuss the long-lasting legacy of the global conflict PERSPECTIVES 48 The Yalta Conference, 1945 J BY DIANA PRESTON How Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt viewed their key meeting during the Second World War, and the g loba l impact of the summit 56 How women won the West BY KAREN R JONES It’s often portrayed as the macho domain of cowboys and outlaws – yet many resourceful and determined pioneer women made their mark on the American West 66 1984: Rewriting the past J BY DORIAN LYNSKEY In writing his classic novel, Orwell drew on the very real horrors of the 20th century Plus From We to The Handmaid’s Tale, how history inspired five other fictional dystopias J On the cover COVER ILLUSTRATION BY DAVIDE BONAZZI A L A M Y 4
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CONTRIBUTORS I S M C A N D R E W / C H R / J A S O N D O D D P H O T O G R A P H Y/ A L E X A N D R A D A O I N D I N D A N Y L L THEBRIEFING 6 Viewpoints: Phil Tinline on the modern influence of historic geopolitics, Anne McElvoy on the ongoing impact of the rift along the Rhine, and Chitralekha Zutshi on the roots of tensions in Kashmir J 12 History Headlines: Discoveries and developments in the world of history CULTURE 76 Interview: With his series As Others See Us returning to BBC Radio 4, Neil MacGregor explores how nations around the globe view Britain’s past J 82 Agenda: The latest exhibitions, TV and films, plus the books to read this autumn JOURNEYS 86 In the footsteps of… Ibn Battuta’s astonishing medieval journeys through Africa and Asia by Justin Marozzi REGULARS 30 A Y e a r i n P i c t u r e s : 1948 by Richard Overy 64 E x t r a o r d i n a r y P e o p l e : Yasuke, the black samurai by Thomas Lockley J 98 Museum of the World: A remarkable 15t h- c ent u r y ma nu s c r ip t by Bryan C Keene 38 S u b s c r i b e to BBC World Histories – start a 14-day trial and enjoy a FREE issue today! 96 S h a r e y o u r thoughts about the magazine for the chance to win a £250 Amazon voucher Free issue Expert voices from the world of history Carrie Gibson The story of Hispanic settlement in North America provides key insights into contemporary issues of migration. As the historian and author explains on page 14, there is a “long, intertwined history between Spain, the United States and its southern neighbour republics, much of which has faded from public memory”. Karen R Jones “The history of ‘how the West was won’ (or lost) was much more variegated than the vision presented in traditional historical readings and countless Hollywood westerns,” the University of Kent historian explains on page 56, exploring a less well-known narrative of 19th-centur y pioneer women on t he US f ront ier. Dorian Lynskey On page 66 the Guardian writer reveals the events that influenced George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). “[He] learned about many of the features of Stalinism that would feed into his great novel: the cult of personality; the rewriting of history; the assault on freedom of speech and thought,” says Lynskey. Neil MacGregor The historian and broadcaster discusses As Others See Us, his new BBC Radio 4 series exploring how other nations view Britain’s history, on page 76. “Without exception, people in other countries know a great deal more about Britain and its history than British people do about them and theirs,” he says. Dan Stone The professor of modern history at Royal Holloway University of London looks at concentration camps on page 23. “Historians are obliged to stress that the various examples are not all the same: they occurred at different times, in different places, and were administered by different regimes with differing ideologies,” he writes. Chitralekha Zutshi India’s move to revoke the special status of Jammu & Kashmir has sparked global debate. On page 10, Chitralekha Zutshi, professor of history at The College of William and Mary in Virginia, explores the decision. “The secular, federal consensus with which India came into existence seems to be of the past,” she suggests. 5

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CONTENTS Features

Families pose with their wagons near the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, late 19th century. On page 56, Karen R Jones tells the stories of women grasping new social opportunities in the American West

14 The forgo en story of Hispanic North America J

BY CARRIE GIBSON What happened to earlier communities in a history now dominated by English voices?

THE LONG READ

23 The complex history of concentration camps J

BY DAN STONE Why we must look to the past to understand recent debates about border camps in the US

THE BIG QUESTION

40 Why can’t we escape the grip of the Second World War? J

Experts discuss the long-lasting legacy of the global conflict

PERSPECTIVES

48 The Yalta Conference, 1945 J

BY DIANA PRESTON How Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt viewed their key meeting during the Second World War, and the g loba l impact of the summit 56 How women won the West BY KAREN R JONES It’s often portrayed as the macho domain of cowboys and outlaws – yet many resourceful and determined pioneer women made their mark on the American West 66 1984: Rewriting the past J

BY DORIAN LYNSKEY In writing his classic novel, Orwell drew on the very real horrors of the 20th century Plus From We to The Handmaid’s Tale, how history inspired five other fictional dystopias

J On the cover

COVER ILLUSTRATION BY DAVIDE BONAZZI

A L A M Y

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