Read History and National Life

History and National Life

Peter Mandler

4.9/5 (32516 ratings)

Description:Once again everyone is talking about history and its practitioners. Why do people care about history? It is still casually assumed that the 'point' of history is to tell us 'who we are'. History and National Life, by a historian whose last book The Fall and Rise of the Stately Home (in effect a history of much of the 'heritage' idea) was hailed both by historians and general reviewers as 'superb', 'wonderful', splendid', 'fascinating' and 'enthralling', argues that history is less directly 'useful', but also richer than that. Here, Peter Mandler, writing largely in a British context, examines how successive generations use central historical totems (e.g. Henry VIII, Starkey's Elizabeth, the Walter Raleigh of the cover, the Civil War, World War One) for their own purposes - educational, moral, cultural or political. He concludes with a look at the debate about national English/British identity.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with History and National Life. To get started finding History and National Life, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: 184

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 1861974698

Description: Once again everyone is talking about history and its practitioners. Why do people care about history? It is still casually assumed that the 'point' of history is to tell us 'who we are'. History and National Life, by a historian whose last book The Fall and Rise of the Stately Home (in effect a history of much of the 'heritage' idea) was hailed both by historians and general reviewers as 'superb', 'wonderful', splendid', 'fascinating' and 'enthralling', argues that history is less directly 'useful', but also richer than that. Here, Peter Mandler, writing largely in a British context, examines how successive generations use central historical totems (e.g. Henry VIII, Starkey's Elizabeth, the Walter Raleigh of the cover, the Civil War, World War One) for their own purposes - educational, moral, cultural or political. He concludes with a look at the debate about national English/British identity.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with History and National Life. To get started finding History and National Life, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

History and National Life

History and National Life

More Books

The Crisis of the Meritocracy: Britain's Transition to Mass Education since the Second World War

The Crisis of the Meritocracy: Britain's Transition to Mass Education since the Second World War

Uses of Charity: The Poor on Relief in the 19th Century Metropolis [7/28/1990] Peter Mandler

Uses of Charity: The Poor on Relief in the 19th Century Metropolis [7/28/1990] Peter Mandler

The Fall and Rise of the Stately Home

The Fall and Rise of the Stately Home

The English National Character: The History of an Idea from Edmund Burke to Tony Blair

The English National Character: The History of an Idea from Edmund Burke to Tony Blair

Return from the Natives: How Margaret Mead Won the Second World War and Lost the Cold War

Return from the Natives: How Margaret Mead Won the Second World War and Lost the Cold War

After the Victorians: Private Conscience and Public Duty in Modern Britain

After the Victorians: Private Conscience and Public Duty in Modern Britain

The Fall and Rise of the Stately Home by Peter Mandler (2009-09-04)

The Fall and Rise of the Stately Home by Peter Mandler (2009-09-04)

Liberty and Authority in Victorian Britain

Liberty and Authority in Victorian Britain

Aristocratic Government in the Age of Reform: Whigs and Liberals 1830-1852 by Peter Mandler (1990-07-05)

Aristocratic Government in the Age of Reform: Whigs and Liberals 1830-1852 by Peter Mandler (1990-07-05)