Making History Now and Then

Discoveries, Controversies and Explorations
2008
ISBN: 978-0-230-21889-5
Verlag: Springer Nature B.V.

Buch, Englisch, 390 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 748 g

Collects twelve previously unpublished essays by one of Britain's most eminent historians, David Cannadine, including his inaugural and valedictory lectures at the Institute of Historical Research. A unique volume discussing the study and nature of History itself and a range of key topics and periods in British and Imperial History.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cannadine, D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Inaugural: Making History Now! Perspectives: One Hundred Years of Doing History in Britain Monarchy: Crowns and Contexts, Thrones and Dominations Parliament: Past History, Present History and Future History Economy: The Growth and Fluctuations of the Industrial Revolution Heritage: The Historic Environment in Historical Perspective Tradition: Inventing and Re-Inventing the 'Last Night of the Proms' Nation: British Politics, British History and British-ness Dominion: Britain's Imperial Past in Canada's Imperial Past Empire: Some Anglo-American Ironies and Challenges Recessional: Two Historians, the Sixties and Beyond Valedictory: Making History, Then? Appendix: On Reviewing and Being Reviewed

Über Autor(innen)

DAVID CANNADINE is the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Professor of British History at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London, and Chairman of the Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery.