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UNISA996248124003316 |
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Autore |
Bentley Michael <1948-> |
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Titolo |
Modernizing England's past : English historiography in the age of modernism, 1870-1970 / / Michael Bentley [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2005 |
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ISBN |
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0-511-14533-0 |
1-107-15144-9 |
1-280-33075-9 |
0-511-14657-4 |
0-511-14680-9 |
0-511-14578-0 |
0-511-31216-4 |
0-511-61618-X |
0-511-14622-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (viii, 245 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Historiography - England - History - 19th century |
Historiography - England - History - 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on the text; Introduction; Prelude: after the whigs; Part I The whig legacy; Part II Modernist investments; Coda: after the modernists; Bibliographical note; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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What came before 'postmodernism' in historical studies? By thinking through the assumptions, methods and cast of mind of English historians writing between about 1870 and 1970, this book reveals the intellectual world of the modernists and offers a full analysis of English historiography in this crucial period. Modernist historiography set itself the objective of going beyond the colourful narratives of 'whigs' and 'popularizers' in order to establish history as the queen of the humanities and as a rival to the sciences as a vehicle of knowledge. Professor Bentley does not follow those who deride modernism as |
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