The science of history in Victorian Britain : making the past speak / / by Ian Hesketh
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| Autore: |
Hesketh Ian
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| Titolo: |
The science of history in Victorian Britain : making the past speak / / by Ian Hesketh
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| Pubblicazione: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 2016 |
| ©2016 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (243 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 907.2041 |
| Soggetto topico: | Historiography - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The science of history in Victorian Britain |
| ISBN: | 0-8229-8184-X |
| 1-317-32295-9 | |
| 1-317-32296-7 | |
| 1-282-98503-5 | |
| 9786612985034 | |
| 1-84893-127-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910458335103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Science and culture in the nineteenth century ; ; Number 12.