A World by Itself

In "A World by Itself", six distinguished British historians offer the most definitive and compelling history of the British Isles to date. Tracing the political, religious and material cultures from the Romans to the present day, it is at once an urgent reassessment of our shared past, and an inspirational celebration of British history. It focuses on the major themes and most dramatic moments of the last two millenia, from the Romans to reformation, revolution to restoration, wars both civil and global, and the enduring question of what it means to be 'British'. History, like the present, is always changing, and scholarship on the history of the British Isles is currently experiencing a golden age. The breakdown of modernism, the eclipse of the Marxist tradition and of the 'Whig interpretation' that sees all history as progress, combined with the trajectories of nationalism in Ireland, Scotland and Wales, have all generated unprecedented intellectual activity. Nor has the world stood still: the collapse of communism, the issues of integration into the EU, and the advance of multiculturalism have led more and more people in the English-speaking world as a whole to sense that their collective landscape now looks profoundly different from that inhabited by their ancestors even a few decades ago.

ISBN 0434009016   Pages 752 ISBN13 9780434009015 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 1016 Publisher Cornerstone   Published in London Imprint William Heinemann Ltd   Height (mm) 239 Format Hardback   Width (mm) 155 Publication date 07 Jan 2010   Spine width (mm) 45 DEWEY 941   Academic level General, Primary/Secondary education, Tertiary education DEWEY edition DC21

		Illustrations
Pt. I		The Romans to the Norman Conquest, 500 BC-AD 1066 James Campbell
		Introduction
1		Material Cultures
2		Religious Cultures
3		Political Cultures
4		Some Counter-Factuals
Pt. II		Conquests, Catastrophe and Reco very, 1066-C. 1485 by John Gillingham
		Introduction
1		Material Cultures
2		Religious and Secular Cultures
3		Political and National Cultures
4		Some Counter-Factuals
Pt. III		Reformations, Unions and Civil Wars, 1485-1660 by Jenny Wormald
		Introduction
1		Material Cultures
2		Politics and Religion in the Sixteenth Century
3		Politics and Religion in the Seventeenth Century
4		Some Counter-Facruals
Pt. IV		Restoration to Reform, 1660-1832 by Jonathan Clark
		Introduction
1		Material Cultures
2		Religious Cultures
3		Political and National Cultures
4		Some Counter-Factuals
Pt. V		The World Hegemon: The Long Nineteenth Century, 1832-1914 by William D. Rubinstein
		Introduction
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"A thought provoking and uncompromising book... [which] will surely influence the way we regard ourselves and our country (not just Britain but also Scotland) in the years to come." -- Trevor Royle, "Sunday Herald""From the Trade Paperback edition."

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