1979 and All That: Writing Contemporary History

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1979 and All That: Writing Contemporary History Making History: Block 4 1979 and All That: Writing Contemporary History

1. 1979 and all that

Britain and 1979: the end of the post-war consensus?

Britain 1979: the ‘winter of discontent’

Britain 1979: Anarchy in the UK?

Seasons in the Sun?

A global phenomenon?

1979: The Iranian Revolution

1979: Soviet troops enter Afghanistan

2. Aims of Block 4 Types of history From reading history to Making History

3. Structure of Block 4 Lectures Seminars Trip to Modern Records Centre

Modern Records Centre Digitised collection of MRC sources relating to problem of 1979, making access to this material easy

The Assignment Title: ‘How does one of the digitised MRC documents help you to address the question of whether Britain changed in 1979’ Length: 1500 words; deadline Detailed discussion of one of the MRC documents May involve discussion of surrounding or comparable material in digitised MRC collection Will involve link to secondary reading and themes explored in seminars

4. Contemporary History

What is contemporary history? Geoffrey Baraclough: ‘Contemporary history begins when the problems which are actual in the world today first take visible shape’

Challenge 1: Perspective

Challenge 2: Sources

In defence of a contemporary history focusing on 1979