Anthony Leon Brundage

British Historians and National Identity

From Hume to Churchill

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Produktbeschreibung

Two eminent scholars of historiography examine the concept of national identity through the key multi-volume histories of the last two hundred years. Starting with Hume's History of England (1754-62), they explore the work of British historians whose work had a popular readership and an influence on succeeding generations of British children.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9781848935396
• ISBN-10: 1848935390
• Artikelnr.: 43752115

Autorenporträt

Anthony Brundage, Richard A. Cosgrove,

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Chapter 1 Demythologizing the Nation's Past: David Hume's
History of England; Chapter 2 Catharine Macaulay's Vindication of
Radicalism and the Republican Tradition; Chapter 3 Reassessing Religion and
the National Narrative: John Lingard and the English Reformation; Chapter 4
Placing the Constitution at the Heart of National Identity: Henry Hallam
and Constitutional History; Chapter 5 Thomas Babington Macaulay: Writing
the History of a Progressive People; Chapter 6 The Glories of the
Reformation and the Origins of Empire: J. A. Froude's Celebration of the
Tudor Era; Chapter 7 Edward Augustus Freeman: Liberal Democracy and
National Identity; Chapter 8 William Stubbs: The Continuity of English
History as National Identity; Chapter 9 Celebrating the People: J. R.
Green's Short History; Chapter 10 Samuel Rawson Gardiner: Incorporating
Dissent into the National Story; Chapter 11 In Thrall to English Tradition
and Character: G. M. Trevelyan's Panoramic Histories of the Island Race;
Chapter 12 The Anglosphere as Global Model: Winston Churchill's History of
the English-Speaking Peoples; conclusion Conclusion;