Empire and history writing in Britain c.1750–2012 (Historical Approaches) - Hardcover

De Groot, Joanna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0719090458 ISBN 13: 9780719090455

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2013

Synopsis

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.

In 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.

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From the Inside Flap

Clio (Portrait of Dorothea Smart), 1989. © The estate of Maud Sulter / Victoria and Albert Museum, London

About the Author

Joanna de Groot is a Senior Lecturer in History at the University of York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0719090458
• ISBN 13: 9780719090455
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304