Beschreibung:
Collects twelve previously unpublished essays by one of Britain's most eminent historians, David Cannadine, including his inaugural and valedictory lectures at the Institute of Historical Research. A unique volume discussing the study and nature of History itself and a range of key topics and periods in British and Imperial History.
Preface Inaugural: Making History Now! Perspectives: One Hundred Years of Doing History in Britain Monarchy: Crowns and Contexts, Thrones and Dominations Parliament: Past History, Present History and Future History Economy: The Growth and Fluctuations of the Industrial Revolution Heritage: The Historic Environment in Historical Perspective Tradition: Inventing and Re-Inventing the 'Last Night of the Proms' Nation: British Politics, British History and British-ness Dominion: Britain's Imperial Past in Canada's Imperial Past Empire: Some Anglo-American Ironies and Challenges Recessional: Two Historians, the Sixties and Beyond Valedictory: Making History, Then? Appendix: On Reviewing and Being Reviewed