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Reading History in Britain and America, c.1750-c.1840
Taschenbuch von Mark Towsey
Sprache: Englisch

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This book explores the success of historical literature from the perspective of the reading audience in the period c.1750-c.1840. Drawing on a variety of sources including marginalia, letters, diaries and commonplace books, it reveals why histories were so popular, and how they were used by readers across the English-speaking world.
This book explores the success of historical literature from the perspective of the reading audience in the period c.1750-c.1840. Drawing on a variety of sources including marginalia, letters, diaries and commonplace books, it reveals why histories were so popular, and how they were used by readers across the English-speaking world.
Über den Autor
Mark Towsey is Professor in the History of the Book and Director of the Eighteenth-Century Worlds Research Centre at the University of Liverpool. His previous publications include Reading the Scottish Enlightenment: Books and their Readers in Provincial Scotland, 1750-1820 (2010) and Before the Public Library: Reading, Community, and Identity in the Atlantic World, 1650-1850 (2017).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction. 'History now is the favourite reading'; 1. History and the life cycle of the reader; 2. Sceptical historiography and the problem of infidelity; 3. Contesting constitutional history; 4. A nation united? Histories of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales; 5. Rewriting the American nation; 6. Historical information and the management of Empire; Conclusion; Bibliography.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Lyrik & Dramatik
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781108716185
ISBN-10: 1108716180
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Towsey, Mark
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Mark Towsey
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.03.2021
Gewicht: 0,463 kg
Artikel-ID: 119461353
Über den Autor
Mark Towsey is Professor in the History of the Book and Director of the Eighteenth-Century Worlds Research Centre at the University of Liverpool. His previous publications include Reading the Scottish Enlightenment: Books and their Readers in Provincial Scotland, 1750-1820 (2010) and Before the Public Library: Reading, Community, and Identity in the Atlantic World, 1650-1850 (2017).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction. 'History now is the favourite reading'; 1. History and the life cycle of the reader; 2. Sceptical historiography and the problem of infidelity; 3. Contesting constitutional history; 4. A nation united? Histories of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales; 5. Rewriting the American nation; 6. Historical information and the management of Empire; Conclusion; Bibliography.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Lyrik & Dramatik
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781108716185
ISBN-10: 1108716180
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Towsey, Mark
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Mark Towsey
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.03.2021
Gewicht: 0,463 kg
Artikel-ID: 119461353
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