The British Isles: A History of Four Nations - Couverture souple

Kearney, Hugh

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521396557 ISBN 13 : 9780521396554

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1990

Synopsis

In this illustrated history the author shows that the history of England forms only part of a wider study - a "history of four nations". It argues that to ignore this truly British dimension can distort our view of the past and hinder our understanding of the present.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

'... the immensity of Kearney's achievement in producing a genuinely pan-Britannic history of the four nations from the Celtic societies of the Iron Age to our troubled multicultural present.' Times Literary Supplement

' ... a challenging and, at times, provocative book.' History Today

'Kearney's book should be widely used to educate those who think they know about British history when in fact they know only English history.' The New York Review of Books

Présentation de l'éditeur

This is a unique account of the British Isles from pre-Roman times to the twentieth century, distinguished by its stress on the fact that English history forms only part of a wider 'history of four nations.' To ignore this wider dimension is to distort our view of the past and hinder our understanding of the present. Wide-ranging, the book transforms and challenges traditional accounts of what constitutes national history.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521396557
• ISBN 13: 9780521396554
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 250
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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