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Past into print : the publishing of history in Britain, 1850-1950 /Leslie Howsam

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher number: International Book Distributors | ;Flat No.17,Prakash Apartments ,5 Ansari Road ,Daryaganj New Delhi-110002Publication details: London ; [Toronto] : British Library: University of Toronto Press , 2009.Description: xvi, 182 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780712350273
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 070.50941 HOW
Contents:
Every schoolboy knows: publishing the narrative of England's liberty, 1850-1863 -- Quality and profit: new histories of England, 1863-1880 -- Breaking the drowsy spell of narrative, 1880-1914 -- Historians and publishers in an age of war and revolution, 1914-1929 -- Knowledge in the marketplace, 1930-1950.
Summary: Past into Print explores history books and periodicals as sites of conflict and compromise in order to question how and why historical knowledge is created.
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Every schoolboy knows: publishing the narrative of England's liberty, 1850-1863 --
Quality and profit: new histories of England, 1863-1880 --
Breaking the drowsy spell of narrative, 1880-1914 --
Historians and publishers in an age of war and revolution, 1914-1929 --
Knowledge in the marketplace, 1930-1950.


Past into Print explores history books and periodicals as sites of conflict and compromise in order to question how and why historical knowledge is created.

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