Empire and history writing in Britain c. 1750-2012 / Johanna de Groot.

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Groot, Johanna de

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TextSeries: Historical approachesPublication details: Manchester : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 289 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781781706046
1781706042
9781526110978
1526110970

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Empire and history writing in Britain c. 1750-2012.DDC classification:

909/.0971241072 23

LOC classification:

DA16 .G76 2013

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Summary: This wide-ranging and accessible book examines the effects of British imperial involvements on history writing in Britain since 1750. It provides a chronological account of the development of history writing in its social, political, and cultural contexts, and an analysis of the structural links between those involvements and the dominant concerns of that writing. The author looks at the impact of imperial and global expansion on the treatment of government, of social structures and changes and of national and ethnic identity in scholarly and popular works, in school histories, and in "famous" history books. 0In a clear and student-friendly way, the book argues that involvement in empire played a transformative and central role within history writing as whole, reframing its basic assumptions and language, and sustaining a significant "imperial" influence across generations of writers and diverse types of historical text.0.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This wide-ranging and accessible book examines the effects of British imperial involvements on history writing in Britain since 1750. It provides a chronological account of the development of history writing in its social, political, and cultural contexts, and an analysis of the structural links between those involvements and the dominant concerns of that writing. The author looks at the impact of imperial and global expansion on the treatment of government, of social structures and changes and of national and ethnic identity in scholarly and popular works, in school histories, and in "famous" history books. 0In a clear and student-friendly way, the book argues that involvement in empire played a transformative and central role within history writing as whole, reframing its basic assumptions and language, and sustaining a significant "imperial" influence across generations of writers and diverse types of historical text.0.

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