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Reading history in Britain and America, c.1750-c.1840 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Towsey, Mark R. M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Historiography > Great Britain.
Historiography > United States.
Books and reading > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Books and reading > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Books and reading > United States > History > 18th century.
Books and reading > United States > History > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: "History now is the favourite reading"
  • History and the life cycle of the reader
  • Sceptical historiography and the problem of infidelity
  • Contesting constitutional history
  • A nation united? Histories of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
  • Rewriting the American nation
  • Historical information and the management of empire.