Reading History in Britain and America, C.1750-C.1840

ISBN-13: 9781108483001 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 314 str.

Mark Towsey

Opis

This book explores the success of historical literature from the perspective of the reading audience in the period c.1750-c.1840. Drawing on a variety of sources including marginalia, letters, diaries and commonplace books, it reveals why histories were so popular, and how they were used by readers across the English-speaking world.

Recenzje

'Reading History is a densely researched, ambitious book which contributes to several conversations about long-eighteenth-century Anglophone history. Towsey writes cogently, supplementing his arguments with ample archival quotation … Reading History is a fine achievement.' R. J. W. Mills, Library & Information History

Spis treści

Introduction. 'History now is the favourite reading'; 1. History and the life cycle of the reader; 2. Sceptical historiography and the problem of infidelity; 3. Contesting constitutional history; 4. A nation united? Histories of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales; 5. Rewriting the American nation; 6. Historical information and the management of Empire; Conclusion; Bibliography.