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The science of history in Victorian Britain : making the past speak / by Ian Hesketh.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hesketh, Ian, 1975- author.
- Series:
- Science and culture in the nineteenth century ; Number 12.
- Science and culture in the nineteenth century ; v. 12
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historiography--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Historiography.
- History--Study and teaching--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- History.
- History--Methodology--History--19th century.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- History
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Pickering & Chatto, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-217) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612985034
- 9781315655734
- 131565573X
- 9780822981848
- 082298184X
- 9781317322955
- 1317322959
- 9781317322962
- 1317322967
- 9781282985032
- 1282985035
- 9781848931275
- 1848931271
- OCLC:
- 707068864
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