''Contemporary British History'' is a quarterly peer reviewed

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covering the history of Britain since 1945. It was established in 1987 as the ''Contemporary Record'', obtaining its current name in 1996. It is published by

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and the

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are Tony Shaw (

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), Christopher Moores (

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), Lucy Robinson (

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), and Camilla Schofield (

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History

The journal was established in 1987 as the journal of the

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.''Choice: Current Reviews for College Libraries'' (March 1988), p. 1158. which had been founded two years prior by Anthony Seldon and Peter Hennessy. Seldon co-founded and co-edited the journal from 1987 to 1995."Seldon, Sir Anthony (Francis)"
'' Who's Who'' (online ed.,

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, December 2019). Retrieved 30 January 2020. Its original format was a "combination of academic journal and news magazine that analyze British history and current affairs". Among its sections were "Mediawatch", and "Private Papers", the latter of which surveyed deposited private documents relevant to modern British history.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: *

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References

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