| The Social Circulation of the Past: English Historical Culture 1500-1730 Contributor(s): Woolf, Daniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0199257787 ISBN-13: 9780199257782 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $237.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2003 Annotation: Woolf details here the ways in which English men and women first became seriously aware of and interested in their own and the world's past. Previous works have focused exclusively on the writings of a small minority of historians, yet, through using a variety of manuscript and printed sources, this study examines the wider 'historical culture' within which historical and antiquarian studies could emerge. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - History | Historiography - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 907.204 |
| LCCN: 2003271818 |
| Physical Information: 1.13" H x 6.12" W x 9.38" (1.97 lbs) 440 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Woolf details here the ways in which English men and women first became seriously aware of and interested in their own and the world's past. Previous works have focused exclusively on the writings of a small minority of historians, yet, through using a variety of manuscript and printed sources, this study examines the wider 'historical culture' within which historical and antiquarian studies could emerge. |