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Encyclopaedia of British History,
1700-1950
John Simkin
Spartacus Educational
London
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/
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Last visited January 2003
Keywords History, United Kingdom
Review DOI 10.1108/09504120310473722
With Encyclopaedia of British History, 1700-1950, history teacher John Simkin has provided a wealth of useful information pertaining to the history of modern Great Britain. The site is organized mainly around historical biography, with some geographical terms and explanations of important historical documents also included. The content is quite extensive, with information on British monarchs, prominent members of Parliament, Parliamentary legislation, social history of women and slavery, and many other areas of interest to students of British history.
One of the drawbacks of this site is in its presentation. There are many lists of links to material, but some further organization would greatly improve navigation. The author provides a long list of links that users will need to scroll past advertisements to view, and there seems to be little order to these. Organizing the links by broad topic...