Some links to help you research the Crimean War for independent study

Dear students,

I hope that you are enjoying getting to grips with 'The Experience of Warfare in Britain'.

Remember that you are required to regularly undertake independent study over and above the homework and reading that I set you in class. This is to help extend your subject knowledge and make the topic more accessible for you.

You'll be glad to know that Sawtry Library has purchased many of the books on the reading list for your consumption. The books with an asterisk to the left are available in the library. I've asked that they be made reference only so they should always be available to read in your study periods.

READING LIST FOR ‘THE EXPERIENCE OF WARFARE IN BRITAIN’ UNIT 2

 

*Badsey, Stephen — Crimean War (War Correspondents), Bramley Books 1997

Beckett, Ian — Home Front 1914-18 (National Archives, 2006)

Byrne, Mike — Britain 1895-1918 (Hodder and Stoughton 2005)

*Kelly, Christine (ed) — Mrs Duberly’s War (Oxford University Press, 2007)

*Lynch, Michael — An Introduction to 19th century British History 1800-1914 (Hodder Murray,

1999)

Macdonald, Lyn — 1914-18 Voices and Images of the Great War (Penguin Books, 1991)

Morgan, K O — The Boer War and the Media in the Journal 20th Century British History Vol

13 No 1 March 2002 (published by Oxford Journals)

Marwick, Arthur — The Deluge (Macmillan, 1965)

Marwick, Arthur — The Home Front (Thames and Hudson, 1976)

*Packenham, Thomas — The Boer War (Abacus, 1991)

*Ponting, C — The Crimean War Chatto and Windus, 2004)

Rappaport, H — No Place for Ladies: the Untold Story of Women in the Crimean War

(Aurum Press, 2007)

*Rees R and Stewart G – AS Edexcel GCE History: the Experience of Warfare in Britain, 1854-

1929 (Heinemann, 2008)

*Robinson, Jane — Mary Seacole (Constable and Robinson, 2005)

Sibbald, Raymond — War correspondents: the Boer War (Jonathan Ball,1993)

*Small, Hugh — Florence Nightingale: Avenging Angel (Constable, 1998)

Van Reenan, R — Emily Hobhouse: Boer War Letters (Human and Rousseau)

W*ilson, K M — The International Impact of the Boer War (Acumen, 2001)

Winter, J M — The Great War and the British People (Macmillan,1985)

Winter, J M — The Experience of World War I (Oxford University Press, 1989)

 

Internet links to help you find out more about the Crimean War:

A site containing most of Roger Fenton's Crimean War photographs
http://www.allworldwars.com/Crimean-War-Photographs-by-Roger-Fenton-1855.html

Full online archive of 'Punch' magazine - a periodical containing many of the famous cartoons we will be looking at for the Crimea, Boer War and WW1.
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=punch

Mary Seacole's autobiography 'Wonderful adventures of Mary Seacole in many lands' , which describes her experiences in the Crimea, is widely available as a free ebook online, good if you have  a tablet or Kindle. Here is one such link:
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/seacole/adventures/adventures.html

Also, with your library card you can gain access to a range of online resources, including the British newspaper archives. It is fascinating to look at contemporary newspaper coverage - for instance, you can read first hand William Russell's reports back from the Crimea. You can log in from home here:
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/online-db.htm

The Crimean War Research Society links - includes links to a Channel Four documentary on the Crimean War which you could watch as part of your independent study.
http://cwrs.russianwar.co.uk/cwrsentry.html

You are spoiled for choice when it comes to reading for this topic. If you are not sure what or how to research please ask me and i will show you how.  Also, if you are using an online blog, please let me know when you have updated it, and comment on my own blog so that i can see you are reading it!