Arthur Marwick.(History in the Media)(Obituary)(Brief article)

From: History Today | Date: November 1, 2006 | Copyright information

Social historian Arthur Marwick (1936-2006), noted for his work on the social and cultural history of Britain in the 20th century and on film as historical source material, as well ...

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; PROF Arthur Marwick, with trendy, longish lecturer's hair, goatee beard, open-necked shirts...drug culture, brutalist architecture and political correctness. Prof Arthur Marwick, historian' born February 29, 1936, died September 27, 2006
A decade that liked to say 'Yes'
; The Sixties By Arthur Marwick Oxford University Press, GBP 25 WHAT was the joke? "If you remembered...Sixties were great but of absolutely no enduring significance." Arthur Marwick, who fills acres of squashed trees with factual analysis of...
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; ...revolution in Britain, France, Italy and the United States by Arthur Marwick Oxford University Press, pounds 25, 903pp Thank goodness...interpretations in search of an event". How refreshing, then, to find Arthur Marwick insisting on the first page of his superbly researched volume...
Letter: A-level fiasco is an all-round mess
; ...have explicit aims, fully understood by all teachers. Exams should then determine how far students have mastered the objectives. If course work is inadequate, that is the fault of an inchoate system, not of teachers. ARTHUR MARWICK London NW3
Let it be
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Letter: Beauty secrets
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ON BEAUTY/A HISTORY OF HUMAN BEAUTY
; ...2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848 A HISTORY OF HUMAN BEAUTY by Arthur Marwick Hambledon & London, 19.99, pp. 276, ISBN 1852854480...introductory essay written in clear prose. By contrast, Arthur Marwick's take on the subject is refreshingly clear and immediately...