The Science of History in Victorian Britain Making the Past Speak - Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century

Ian Hesketh

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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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Book information

ISBN:	9781848931268
Publisher:	Taylor and Francis
Imprint:	Routledge
Pub date:	01 Jan 2011
Edition:	1
DEWEY:	907.2041
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	229
Weight:	546g
Height:	234mm
Width:	156mm
Spine width:	19mm