Making history now and then: discoveries, controversies and explorations

Collects twelve previously unpublished essays by one of Britain's most eminent historians, David Cannadine, including his inaugural and valedictory lectures at the Institute of Historical Research. A unique volume discussing the study and nature of History itself and a range of key topics and periods in British and Imperial History. DAVID CANNADINE is the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Professor of British History at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London, and Chairman of the Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery. INDICE: Preface - Inaugural: Making History Now! - Perspectives: One Hundred Years of Doing History in Britain - Monarchy: Crowns and Contexts, Thrones and Dominations - Parliament: Past History, Present History and Future History - Economy: The Growth and Fluctuations of the Industrial Revolution - Heritage: The Historic Environment in Historical Perspective - Tradition: Inventingand Re-Inventing the 'Last Night of the Proms' - Nation: British Politics, British History and British-ness - Dominion: Britain's Imperial Past in Canada'sImperial Past - Empire: Some Anglo-American Ironies and Challenges - Recessional: Two Historians, the Sixties and Beyond - Valedictory: Making History, Then? - Appendix: On Reviewing and Being Reviewed -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-21889-5
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 408
• Fecha Publicación: 17/06/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés