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The People's Historian John Richard Green and the Writing of History in Victorian England
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Book Code: BGK/
ISBN: 0-313-27954-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-27954-6
200 pages, photographs
Greenwood Press
Publication: 11/30/1993
List Price: $107.95 (UK Sterling Price: £59.95)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Studies in Historiography
Series Number: 2
Reviews:
  • Clearly and gracefully written, this book is a model treatment of an individual unjustly neglected by posterity. Brundage has rescued Green from the disdain of those who prefer other forms of historical inquiry. One happy effect of this work, in conclusion, is to cause reflection upon the common enterprise that unites the readers of Albion; it is one of the many reasons why this study of Green deserves attention.

    Albion
Description: In 1874, John Richard Green, a virtually unknown former clergyman, sold the rights for his school textbook, A Short History of the English People, to Macmillan for 350 pounds sterling, a generous sum for a work expected to sell a few thousand copies. To everyone's astonishment, the work sold 32,000 copies in its first year, and a half million copies thereafter. This publishing phenomenon was also a breakthrough in historiography, for unlike earlier histories, which focused on kings and statesmen, Green's work revolved around the common people, their creative energy, and their devotion to self-government. Thus, Green was a critical figure in the transition from the writing of history of elites to a broader history of social and cultural change. He was also one of the last great amateurs at a time when the field was coming to be dominated by academic specialists. By providing an examination of Green's career, this book illuminates a critical juncture in the history of the discipline.
Table of Contents:
  • Use of Revised Edition of Short History of the English People
  • Introduction
  • Outside Looking In: An Oxford Boyhood
  • An Ambivalent Undergraduate: The Jesus College Years
  • The Church, the World, and the Self: A Clergyman's Struggles
  • Writing for the Saturday Review: Self-Revelation and Historical Apprenticeship
  • The Short History of the English People
  • Public Acclaim
  • Political Involvements
  • Marriage and Final Works
  • Aftermath and Legacy
  • Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 93-10379
LCC Class: DA3
Dewey Class: 941
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