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

Published London : Pickering & Chatto, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 229 pages) Series Science and culture in the nineteenth century ; no. 12 Science and culture in the nineteenth century ; no. 12. Contents The enlarging horizon : Henry Thomas Buckle's science of history -- The sciences of history -- Controversial boys -- Discipline and disease; or, The boundary work of scientific history -- History from nowhere -- Broad shadows and little histories -- The death of the historian -- Epilogue : Froude's revenge Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-217) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2014 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Historiography -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century History -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century History -- Methodology -- History -- 19th century HISTORY -- Historiography. Historiography History -- Methodology History -- Study and teaching Geschichtswissenschaft Historiography -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century History -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century History -- Methodology -- History -- 19th century Great Britain Großbritannien Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 1848931271 9781848931275 1282985035 9781282985032 1299962149 9781299962149 9786612985034 6612985038 9781781442272 1781442274 9780822981848 082298184X

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