The Transition in English Historical Writing 1760-1830 / Thomas Preston Peardon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peardon, Thomas Preston, author.

Series:

Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law ; 390

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1933]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Studies English historical writing in the late 1800's and early 1900's in two ways: first, as it saw a succession of works of merit, and second as it marked the transition from the rationalist ideals of traditional historic writings.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

I. Introduction

II. Rationalist History, 1780-1800

III. Party History from Hume to 1800: The Tory Emphasis

IV. Signs of Change, 1760-1800: I, Primitivism

V. Signs of Change, 1760-1800: II, Medievalism and Pietism

VI. The Rise of Nationalist History

VII. Party History from 1800 to 1827: The Whig and Liberal Emphasis

VIII. Romanticist History, 1800-1830

IX. From Roscoe to Lingard

X. The Change in Attitude Towards the Sources of National History

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89788-X

OCLC:

1100435292