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The Science of History in Victorian Britain: Making the Past Speak

The Science of History in Victorian Britain: Making the Past Speak

Hesketh, Ian

Paperback

Series: Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century, Book 87

Sports GeneralHistoriography

ISBN10: 0822966360
ISBN13: 9780822966364
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: May 30 2020
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.79
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
New attitudes towards history in nineteenth-century Britain saw a rejection of romantic, literary techniques in favour of a professionalized, scientific methodology. The development of history as a scientific discipline was undertaken by several key historians of the Victorian period, influenced by German scientific history and British natural philosophy. This study examines parallels between the professionalization of both history and science at the time, which have previously been overlooked. Hesketh challenges accepted notions of a single scientific approach to history. Instead, he draws on a variety of sources--monographs, lectures, correspondence--from eminent Victorian historians to uncover numerous competing discourses.

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