An Analysis of Christopher Hill's The World Turned Upside Down - Couverture souple

Bhogal, Harman; Haydon, Liam

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1912128446 ISBN 13 : 9781912128440

Editeur : Macat Library, 2017

Synopsis

Few works of history have succeeded so completely in forcing their readers to take a fresh look at the evidence as Christopher Hill's The World Turned Upside Down - and that achievement is rooted firmly in Hill's exceptional problem-solving skills.

Traditional interpretations of the English Civil War concentrated heavily on a top-down analysis of the doings of king and parliament. Hill looked at 'history from below, ' focusing instead on the ways in which the people of Britain saw the society they lived in and nurtured hopes for a better future. Failing to understand these factors - and the impact they had on the origins and outcomes of the wars of the 1640s - means failing to understand the historical period. In this sense, Hill's influential work is a great example of the problem-solving skills of asking productive questions and generating alternative possibilities. It forced a generation of historians to re-evaluate the things they thought they knew about a key pivot point in British history - and went on to influence the generations that came after them.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr Harman Bhogal holds a PhD in early Modern History from Birkbeck, London.

Dr Liam Haydon holds a doctorate in English literature from Manchester University. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Kent, where his work focuses on the cultural impacts of global trade in the early seventeenth century.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Macat Library
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1912128446
• ISBN 13: 9781912128440
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 98
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