Empire And History Writing In Britain C. 1750-2012

Offers both a narrative and an analysis of the influence of British imperial involvements on history writing since 1750 This wide-ranging and accessible book examines the effects of British imperial involvements on history writing in Britain since 1750. It provides a chronological account of the development of history writing in its social, political, and cultural contexts, and an analysis of the structural links between those involvements and the dominant concerns of that writing. The author looks at the impact of imperial and global expansion on the treatment of government, of social structures and changes and of national and ethnic identity in scholarly and popular works, in school histories, and in "famous" history books. 0In a clear and student-friendly way, the book argues that involvement in empire played a transformative and central role within history writing as whole, reframing its basic assumptions and language, and sustaining a significant "imperial" influence across generations of writers and diverse types of historical text.0 Front matter Contents Acknowledgements Preface Empire and history writing: setting the scene Empire and history writing c.1750–1830 Empire and history writing 1830s–1890s Empire and history writing 1890s–1950 Empire and history writing since 1950 Conclusion: conversations about empire and history writing Select bibliography Index