The Changing Face of English Local History
By: R.C. Richardson
Edition: First edition.
Series: Routledge Revivals
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9781315183923
Subjects: Local History; Historiography
Description: "This title was first published in 2000. Practised since the Middle Ages, it is only over the course of the last century that English local history attained professional status. This text explores the rich historiography of the subject by presenting essays which show how it has been defined, approached and practised at different stages of its development from the 16th century to the present day. Essays on individual historians - Camden, Thoroton, Hasted and Milner - stand side by side with others documenting general trends. the editor's concluding essay offers comparisons and contrasts between the concept and practice of local history in England with the developments in the USA."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1 Introduction: The Changing Face of English Local History; title: chapter 2 William Camden and the Britannia; title: chapter 3 John Stow and his London; title: chapter 4 Robert Thoroton; title: chapter 5 Hasted as Historian; title: chapter 6 Writing Urban History in the Eighteenth Century: Milner's Winchester; title: chapter 7 Between Antiquary and Academic: Local History in the Nineteenth Century; title: chapter 8 The Local Historian and his Theme; title: chapter 9 English Local History: The Past and the Future; title: chapter 10 New Avenues in English Local History; title: chapter 11 A New History from Below: Computers and the Maturing of Local and Regional History; title: chapter 12 The Future for Local History: Boom or Recession?; title: chapter 13 English Local History and American Local History: Some Comparisons.