Olive Anderson Explained

Olive Anderson (1927-2016) was professor of history at Westfield College, University of London.^[1]

Life

Anderson has been noted for her innovative approach to the writing of military history, which concentrated on the political, administrative, and cultural aspects of conflicts rather than strategy or tactics.^[2] In 2017, she featured in a conference, London's Women Historians, held at the Institute of Historical Research.^[3]

Selected publications

• "The Political uses of History in Mid Nineteenth-Century England", Past & Present, Vol. 36, Issue 1 (April 1967), pp. 87–105. https://doi.org/10.1093/past/36.1.87
• A Liberal State at War: English Politics and Economics during the Crimean War (1967)
• "The Growth of Christian Militarism in mid-Victorian Britain", English Historical Review, 1971.
• Suicide in Victorian and Edwardian England (1987)^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. News: Harriet Anderson . Olive Anderson obituary | Education . The Guardian . 2019-09-28.
2. Rosemary Mitchell . Women in the English Historical Review . The English Historical Review . cey395 . 2018-12-10 . 139 . 596 . e15–e30 . 10.1093/ehr/cey395 . free.
3. https://archives.history.ac.uk/womenhistorians/ London's Women Historians.
4. Institution login . Olive Anderson, Suicide in Victorian and Edwardian England, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1987, 8vo, pp. viii, 475, illus., £40.00. | Medical History | Cambridge Core . Medical History . 10.1017/S0025727300047864 . Cambridge.org . 2012-08-16 . 32 . 1 . 110–111 . free .
5. Institution login . Olive Anderson. Suicide in Victorian and Edwardian England. Oxford and New York: The Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press. 1987. Pp. xiii, 475. $84.00. | Albion | Cambridge Core . Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies . 20 . 4 . 662–664 . 10.2307/4050233 . Cambridge.org . 2014-07-11 . 4050233 .