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基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2008. This book brings together David Cannadine's most important reflections on how history has been written and made in Britain in the twentieth century.
Full Description
Collects twelve previously unpublished essays by one of Britain's most eminent historians, David Cannadine, including his inaugural and valedictory lectures at the Institute of Historical Research. A unique volume discussing the study and nature of History itself and a range of key topics and periods in British and Imperial History.
Contents
Preface Inaugural: Making History Now! Perspectives: One Hundred Years of Doing History in Britain Monarchy: Crowns and Contexts, Thrones and Dominations Parliament: Past History, Present History and Future History Economy: The Growth and Fluctuations of the Industrial Revolution Heritage: The Historic Environment in Historical Perspective Tradition: Inventing and Re-Inventing the 'Last Night of the Proms' Nation: British Politics, British History and British-ness Dominion: Britain's Imperial Past in Canada's Imperial Past Empire: Some Anglo-American Ironies and Challenges Recessional: Two Historians, the Sixties and Beyond Valedictory: Making History, Then? Appendix: On Reviewing and Being Reviewed