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

ISBN-13: 9781108716185 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 316 str.

Mark Towsey

Opis

Presents a dramatic account of how readers across the English-speaking world used history to understand the Age of Enlightenment and Revolutions.

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.