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Asa Briggs was born in Keighley, West Riding of Yorkshire, in 1921 to William Briggs, an engineer, and his wife Jane. [3] He was educated at Keighley Boys' Grammar School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, graduating with a BA (first class) in History, in 1941, and a BSc in Economics (first class) from the University of London External Programme, also in 1941.
Founding members included Asa Briggs, Bob Gollan, Eric Fry, and others. [2] Influenced by the work of E.P. Thompson, and the formation of the British Society for the Study of Labour History, they hoped to make labour history 'a popular pursuit, a study, and a part of ordinary people's lives'. [3]
Victorian People: A Reassessment of Persons and Themes, 1851-1867 is a book by the historian Asa Briggs originally published in 1955. It is part of a trilogy that also incorporates Victorian Cities and Victorian Things. [1]
The Briggs Report (1972) was the Report of the Committee on Nursing in the United Kingdom, which reviewed the role of nurses and midwives in hospitals and in community care. It made recommendations on education , training, and professional regulation .
Asa Briggs emphasizes the strong reaction against the French Revolution, and the need to focus British efforts on its defeat and not be diverged by pleasurable sins. Briggs also stresses the powerful role of the evangelical movement among the Nonconformists, as well as the evangelical faction inside the established Church of England.
The two most significant social historians of Australian historiography, Ann Curthoys and Humphrey McQueen have both identified a lack of interest in social history among scholars compared with other national historiographies and a general non-Marxist, a-theoretical approach to social history among Australian social historians. [3]
Contemporary history, in English-language historiography, is a subset of modern history that describes the historical period from about 1945 to the present. [1] In the social sciences, contemporary history is also continuous with, and related to, the rise of postmodernity .
Asa Briggs, "Samuel Smiles: The Gospel of Self-Help." History Today (May 1987) 37#5 pp 37–43. Asa Briggs, "Samuel Smiles and the Gospel of Work" in Asa Briggs, Victorian People (1955) pp. 116–139, online; Asa Briggs, 'A Centenary Introduction' to Self-Help by Samuel Smiles (London: John Murray, 1958).