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The article discusses the role of English Queen Mary II in the joint government of England with her husband, King William III. Topics include Mary's role in commanding the English navy, Mary's decisions regarding the punishment of traitors, particularly Jacobites, and Mary's attendance at meetings of the government Council of Nine. Also noted the political implications of Mary's claim to the English crown, the role of the second Earl of Nottingham as secretary of state, and William's trips abroad to command troops in the Nine Years' War.

This article appraises the field of labour history in its anniversary year and notes that it was one of the earliest specialities to challenge the divisions of the discipline that had reigned supreme since academic History first emerged as a recognized subject in the late nineteenth century. At a time when there was a growing desire to find ways of studying 'social' history, labour history set out to show how this could be done, and to provide a concrete series of concepts, issues, and topics that historians could investigate. It asks whether this well-earned reputation for conceptual innovation and debate has been lost, and concludes that the field is unlikely to be re-energized unless labour historians look beyond national histories to embrace the shift towards transnationalism, as epitomised in the work of Marcel van der Linden. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents examination into the political appointments of King William III of Great Britain in 1701, particularly in regards to the national rivalry with France. Discussion is given outlining many of the figure selected and comments are provided noting the historically negative criticism of William III's early selections. The article asserts that despite such criticisms, the King's appointment of Charles Montagu, the 4th Earl of Manchester, as secretary of state was a politically capable choice.

The article presents a response by Richard Price on the commentary about his book "British Society 1680-1880: Dynamism, Containment and Change." Price stresses that it is not his intention to present the results of new research. He aims to address about the context and periodization and explained that his book was written as a kind of summing up of many years of engagement with some dominant themes in the historiography of modern Great Britain.

Discusses how syndicalism in Great Britain's labor movement may be better understood by contextualizing it politically, culturally and historically. Concentration of syndicalist theory on describing alternative organizational hierarchies of production; Tradition of proletarian discourse in the public sphere; Acknowledgement of the working class as citizen consumers.

Focuses on the working-class history in Great Britain. Problem of working-class secularism; Scholarship from the Ruskin Workshop; Exploitation of resources in the countryside.