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Is Labour Facing Catastrophe?

by John Mackintosh

Encounter, January 1977, pp. 47-49

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      1. BC: The Archaeology of the Bible Lands by Magnus Magnusson
      2. The Hittites by Johannes Lehmann
      3. The First Cities by Ruth Whitehouse
      4. Heritage of the Pharaohs by John Ruffle
      5. From Village to Empire by Charles A. Burney
      6. Atlas of Classical Archaeology by Moses Finley
      7. Birds in Greek Life and Myth by John Pollard
      8. Festivals of the Athenians by Herbert William Parke
      9. Aristocracy in Greek Society by M.T.W. Arnheim
      10. Archaeology and the Rise of the Greek State by A.M. Snodgrass
    13. [+]
      A Version of the Past by Raymond Carr, pp. 62-65 - 1 Review
      1. Americo Castro and the Meaning of Spanish Civilization by Jose Rubia Barcia and Selma Margaretten
    14. [+]
      Waking the Dead by Barry Cunliffe, pp. 66-69 - 8 Reviews
      1. Techniques of Archaeological Excavation by Philip Barker
      2. Science and Society in Prehistoric Britain by Euan W. MacKie
      3. Alfred's Kingdom by David A. Hinton
      4. The Vikings in Britain by Henry Loyn
      5. The Vikings by Michael H. Kirkby
      6. Barbarian Europe by Philip W. Dixon
      7. Rome and Byzantium by Clive Foss and Paul Magdalino
      8. The Roman World by Michael J. Vickers
    15. [+]
      The Sacred & Profane History Machine by John Bossy, pp. 70-75 - 7 Reviews
      1. Unity, Heresy, and Reform, 1378-1460 by C.M.D. Crowder
      2. An Introduction to Mediaeval Institutions by Norman Zacour
      3. Medieval Foundations of Renaissance Humanism by Walter Ullmann
      4. Medieval Heresy by Malcolm Lambert
      5. The Origins of European Dissent by Robert Ian Moore
      6. The Medieval Leper and His Northern Heirs by Peter Richards
      7. Plague, Population, and the English Economy, 1348-1530 by John Hatcher
    16. The Savage War by Alistair Horne, pp. 76-83
    17. Poetry by Paul Groves, p. 84
    18. Harry Johnson by Edward Shils, pp. 85-88
    19. Authors, p. 89
    20. The Arts Council & Poetic Injustice by Roy Shaw, pp. 90-92
    21. Letters, pp. 93-98
  12. [+]
    December 1977 Issue = 20 Articles
    1. The Summer-House (story) by William Trevor, pp. 3-13
    2. Galbraith's Wit & Unwisdom by Kenneth Minogue, pp. 14-18
    3. How Britain is Governed Now by Elie Kedourie, pp. 19-25
    4. Document by John P. Mackintosh, pp. 26-29
    5. Brecht by Martin Esslin, pp. 30-38
    6. Poetry by Claire Glasman, p. 39
    7. Poetry by Ted Hughes, p. 40
    8. Poetry by Neil Powell, p. 41
    9. Column by "R.", pp. 42-46
    10. Intellectuals in Politics by Theodore Draper, pp. 47-59
    11. Poetry by Matthew Mitchell, p. 60
    12. Revolutionaries by Ferdinand Mount, pp. 61-70
    13. [+]
      The Start of an Auld Sang by Philip Hobsbaum, pp. 71-78 - 4 Reviews
      1. Scotland's Relations with England by William Ferguson
      2. Scotland and Nationalism by Christopher T. Harvie
      3. The Radical Approach by Gavin Kennedy
      4. Scotland 1980 by Donald Mackay
    14. [+]
      Against Inherited Culture by Tom Paulin, pp. 79-83 - 2 Reviews
      1. The Novels of George Eliot by Robert Liddell
      2. George Eliot's Creative Conflict by Laura Comer Emery
    15. [+]
      The Name of the Game by D.J. Enright, pp. 84-86 - 1 Review
      1. A Dictionary of Catch Phrases by Eric Partridge
    16. Poetry by George Szirtes, p. 87
    17. Furtwangler & Toscanini by Yehudi Menuhin, pp. 88-90
    18. Letters, pp. 91-93
    19. Faint Hearts & Lost Nerves by J.W. Lambert, pp. 94-95
    20. Authors, pp. 96-98
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  Issues of 1983 = 10 Issues, 259 Articles
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  Issues of 1984 = 10 Issues, 258 Articles
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