"... the ever-increasing fascination with 20th-century dictators and the Holocaust at A-level leaves new undergraduates unprepared for broader historical study..."

London, July 20, 1999

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HISTORY STUDENTS IGNORANT OF PAST

TOO MANY A-level history students arrive at university with almost no knowledge of the subject before the 20th century, historians said yesterday.

A survey by the magazine History Today reveals that university history departments are alarmed by the lack of general historical background. [...]

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