Macaulay and son : architects of imperial Britain / Catherine Hall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hall, Catherine, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859.

Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay.

Macaulay, Zachary, 1768-1838.

Macaulay, Zachary.

Historians--Great Britain--Biography.

Historians.

Statesmen--Great Britain--Biography.

Statesmen.

Authors, English--19th century--Biography.

Authors, English.

Abolitionists--Great Britain--Biography.

Abolitionists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (428 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thomas Babington Macaulay's History of England was a phenomenal Victorian best-seller which shaped much more than the literary culture of the times: it defined a nation's sense of self, charting the rise of the British Isles to its triumph as a homogenous nation, a safeguard of the freedom of belief and expression, and a central world power. In this book Catherine Hall explores the emotional, intellectual, and political roots of Thomas Macaulay's vision of England, tracing the influence of his father's career as a colonial governor and drawing illuminating comparisons between the two men.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Key sites for the Macaulays

CHAPTER ONE. Zachary Macaulay

CHAPTER TWO. An Evangelical Culture

CHAPTER THREE. A Family Story

CHAPTER FOUR. Tom Macaulay

CHAPTER FIVE. Imperial Man and the Space of Difference

CHAPTER SIX. The History Man

Conclusion. Father and Son

Notes

Select Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

1-283-59689-X

9786613909343

0-300-18918-4

OCLC:

815503206