Description: Reading History in Britain and America, c.1750–c.1840 Presents a dramatic account of how readers across the English-speaking world used history to understand the Age of Enlightenment and Revolutions. Mark Towsey (Author) 9781108716185, Cambridge University Press Paperback, published 11 March 2021 316 pages 22.8 x 15.1 x 1.8 cm, 0.467 kg 'Reading History is a densely researched, ambitious book which contributes to several conversations about long-eighteenth-century Anglophone history. Towsey writes cogently, supplementing his arguments with ample archival quotation … Reading History is a fine achievement.' R. J. W. Mills, Library & Information History The period between c.1750 and c.1840 is popularly known for the rise of the novel, yet historical works by Enlightenment writers, including David Hume, Edward Gibbon and William Robertson, were some of its most commercially successful books. Moving beyond the range of previous studies that have sought to explain this success by focussing on publishers, writers and their ideas, Mark Towsey's study is the first to focus on the reading audiences themselves. Drawing on a variety of sources including marginalia, letters, diaries and commonplace books, this lively book reveals why histories were so widely read, and shows how they were used by readers across the English-speaking world to make sense of social upheaval at home and revolution abroad. In doing so, it marks a major addition to the history of reading, shedding fascinating new light on how readers interpreted books in the past. Introduction. 'History now is the favourite reading' 1. History and the life cycle of the reader 2. Sceptical historiography and the problem of infidelity 3. Contesting constitutional history 4. A nation united? Histories of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales 5. Rewriting the American nation 6. Historical information and the management of Empire Conclusion Bibliography. Subject Areas: History: specific events & topics [HBT], History [HB], Literary studies: general [DSB], Literature: history & criticism [DS], Literature & literary studies [D]
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BIC Subject Area 1: History: specific events & topics [HBT]
BIC Subject Area 2: History [HB]
BIC Subject Area 3: Literary studies: general [DSB]
BIC Subject Area 4: Literature: history & criticism [DS]
BIC Subject Area 5: Literature & literary studies [D]
Number of Pages: 316 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Reading History in Britain and America, C.1750-C.1840
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2021
Subject: History
Item Height: 229 mm
Item Weight: 428 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Mark Towsey
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Paperback
