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World by Itself
Jonathan Clark
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Description for World by Itself
Paperback. Six historians focus on the major themes and most dramatic moments of the last two millenia: the rise and fall of empires; reformation, revolution and restoration; wars both civil and global; and the enduring question of what it means to be British. . Num Pages: 768 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1022.
Scholarship on the history of the British Isles is currently experiencing a golden age. The breakdown of modernism and the eclipse of both the Marxist tradition and the 'Whig interpretation' that sees all history as progress, combined with the trajectories of nationalism in Ireland, Scotland and Wales, have generated unprecedented intellectual activity. Nor has the world stood still: the collapse of communism, the issue of integration into the EU, and the advance of multiculturalism have led more and more people in the English speaking world as a whole to sense that their collective landscape now looks ... Read more
Scholarship on the history of the British Isles is currently experiencing a golden age. The breakdown of modernism and the eclipse of both the Marxist tradition and the 'Whig interpretation' that sees all history as progress, combined with the trajectories of nationalism in Ireland, Scotland and Wales, have generated unprecedented intellectual activity. Nor has the world stood still: the collapse of communism, the issue of integration into the EU, and the advance of multiculturalism have led more and more people in the English speaking world as a whole to sense that their collective landscape now looks ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pimlico
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
768
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780712664967
SKU
V9780712664967
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99-2
About Jonathan Clark
Formerly of Peterhouse College, Cambridge, and All Souls College, Oxford, Jonathan Clark is currently Hall Distinguished Professor of British History at the University of Kansas. James Campbell, until 2002 Professor of Medieval History at Oxford, is a Fellow of the British Academy. John Gillingham is Emeritus Professor of History at LSE and the Fellow of the British Academy. Jenny Wormald ... Read more
Reviews for World by Itself
A thought provoking and uncompromising book...[which] will surely influence the way we regard ourselves and our country (not just Britain but also Scotland) in the years to come
Trevor Royle
Sunday Herald
[A] confident and fascinating history of Britain... Masterful... It is a volume that speaks well to our own sense of Britain today ... Read more
Trevor Royle
Sunday Herald
[A] confident and fascinating history of Britain... Masterful... It is a volume that speaks well to our own sense of Britain today ... Read more