Empire and History Writing in Britain c. 1750–2012
Joanna de Groot
Abstract
This book follows a particular thread of investigation and interpretation through the story of history writing in ‘Britain’ since the mid 18th century. The work covers the impact of involvement in empire on historical practice over this period. The purpose of this is to offer a different perspective on existing narratives of history and writing in Britain in its varied scholarly and popular forms by raising questions of imperial influence within those narratives. By positioning imperial themes within an account of ‘British’ history writing, the text thereby offers a postcolonial take on the st ... More
Keywords: Historiography, Empire, Britain, Interpretations, Imperial, United Kingdom
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2013 | Print ISBN-13: 9780719090455 |
| Published to Manchester Scholarship Online: May 2014 | DOI:10.7228/manchester/9780719090455.001.0001 |
