British historians and national identity : from Hume to Churchill
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British historians and national identity : from Hume to Churchill
Pickering & Chatto, c2014
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- 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
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