
A Liberal Descent: Victorian Historians and the English Past
An analysis of the study of the past and its implications in the Western world, from ancient times to the present day, looks at the work of individual historians and how they presented the past in terms of their perspectives, beliefs, and historical periods.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Knopf Publishing Group
- Year
- 2008
- ISBN-13
- 9780375413117
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- Victorian historiographyEnglish historyHistorical interpretation
Awards
- Wolfson History PrizeWon(1981)
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