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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458335103321

Autore

Hesketh Ian

Titolo

The science of history in Victorian Britain : making the past speak / / by Ian Hesketh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8229-8184-X

1-317-32295-9

1-317-32296-7

1-282-98503-5

9786612985034

1-84893-127-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (243 p.)

Collana

Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century ; ; Number 12

Disciplina

907.2041

Soggetti

Historiography - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Enlarging Horizon; 2. The Sciences of History; 3. Controversial Boys; 4. Discipline and Disease; 5. History from Nowhere; 6. Broad Shadows and Little Histories; 7. The Death of the Historian; Epilogue; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Hesketh challenges accepted notions of a single scientific approach to history. Instead, he draws on a variety of sources - monographs, lectures, correspondence - from eminent Victorian historians to uncover numerous competing discourses.