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Author BEVERIDGE, CRAIG

Title Recovering Scottish history John Hill Burton and Scottish national identity in the nineteenth century
Published [S.l.] : EDINBURGH UNIV PRESS, 2022

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Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Recovering Hill Burton -- 1 Perspectives on Scottish History in the Nineteenth Century -- 2 Burton in Aberdeen and Edinburgh, 1809-49 -- 3 Turning to History, Edinburgh, 1850-70 -- 4 Utilitarian History -- 5 Romantic History -- 6 Gothic History -- 7 History as Theatre -- 8 On the Pedestal, 1871-81 -- 9 History and Heritage: The Revival of Scottish National Identity -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary The making of the historian who transformed Scottish history and the nation's understanding of its past
Subject Burton, John Hill, 1809-1881
SUBJECT Burton, John Hill, 1809-1881 fast
Subject Historians -- Scotland
Historiography -- Scotland -- History -- 19th century
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General.
Historians
Historiography
SUBJECT Scotland -- Historiography
Subject Scotland
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781474491488
1474491480