British Historians and National Identity: From Hume to Churchill - Hardcover

Brundage, Anthony Leon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1848935390 ISBN 13: 9781848935396

Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Anthony Brundage is Emeritus Professor of British History at the California State Polytechnic University at Pomona. In 1996 he was named a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, London. He has published many book reviews, journal and encyclopaedia articles and essays throughout his career, as well as a number of books, including The Great Tradition: Constitutional History and National Identity in Britain and the United States 1870-1960 (co-authored with Richard Cosgrove) (2007) Richard Cosgrove is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Arizona. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has published widely on various areas of British, Irish and American history, especially the legal history of Britain.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1848935390
• ISBN 13: 9781848935396
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 258