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British historians and national identity : from Hume to Churchill

Title
British historians and national identity : from Hume to Churchill / by Anthony Brundage and Richard A. Cosgrave.
Author
Brundage, Anthony, 1938-
Publication
London ; Brookfield, Vermont : Pickering & Chatto, 2014.

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Additional Authors
Cosgrave, Richard A.
Description
vii, 250 pages; 25 cm
Subject
  • Historians > Great Britain
  • Nationalism and historiography > Great Britain
  • National characteristics, British
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-242) and index.
Contents
Demythologizing the nation's past: David Hume's History of England -- Catharine Macaulay's vindication of radicalism and the republican tradition -- Reassessing religion and the national narrative: John Lingard and the English Reformation -- Placing the constitution at the heart of national identity: Henry Hallam and constitutional history -- Thomas Babington Macaulay: writing the history of a progressive people -- The glories of the Reformation and the origins of empire: J.A. Froude's celebration of the Tudor era -- Edward Augustus Freeman: liberal democracy and national identity -- William Stubbs: the continuity of English history as national identity -- Celebrating the people: J.R. Green's Short History -- Samuel Rawson Gardiner: incorporating dissent into the national story -- In thrall to English tradition and character: G.M. Trevelyan's panoramic histories of the island race -- The Anglosphere as global model: Winston Churchill's History of the English-Speaking Peoples.
Call Number
JFE 14-8249
ISBN
  • 9781848935396
  • 1848935390
  • 9781781447307 (canceled/invalid)
  • 9781781447314 (canceled/invalid)
OCLC
892704922
Author
Brundage, Anthony, 1938- author.
Title
British historians and national identity : from Hume to Churchill / by Anthony Brundage and Richard A. Cosgrave.
Publisher
London ; Brookfield, Vermont : Pickering & Chatto, 2014.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-242) and index.
Added Author
Cosgrave, Richard A.
Research Call Number
JFE 14-8249
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