History and Biography
Essays in Honour of Derek Beales
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- Editors:
- T. C. W. Blanning, University of Cambridge
- David Cannadine, University of London
- Date Published: May 2002
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521893176
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For too long, too many historians have been too much concerned with impersonal forces, underlying structures and long-term developments. Now, 'people' are back. In a post-modern age it is easier to appreciate the decisive role played by individuals, as they ride their luck and seize their opportunity to bend the world to their will. As these essays by twelve eminent historians demonstrate, biography is too important to be left to the amateurs. Among the rich variety of strong characters analysed here are an Austrian emperor, a German kaiser, a Victorian prime minister, an Italian dictator, and an American president. Dedicated to a master-biographer, Derek Beales, the range and quality of this collection will stimulate, inform and entertain everyone interested in the history of the modern world.
Read more- A collection of distinguished essays which reasserts the place of biography in historical study
- Dedicated to the distinguished historian Derek Beales, historian of Austria, Italy and Victorian Britain
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'All those who have had the pleasure of being taught by or worked with Professor Derek Beales will appreciate this collection of essays … it is no surprise, given the reputation of the contributors, that the essays are of a consistently high standard, and at least one piece … is quite outstanding.' Modern Italy
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- Date Published: May 2002
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521893176
- length: 312 pages
- dimensions: 218 x 153 x 19 mm
- weight: 0.567kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction T. C. W. Blanning and David Cannadine
1. Baron Bartenstein on Count Haugwitz's 'new system' of government P. G. M. Dickson
2. The rise of the first minister in eighteenth-century Europe H. M. Scott
3. An old but new biography of Leopold II T. C. W. Blanning
4. John Marsh's History of My Private Life 1752–1828 John Brewer
5. The gallows and Mr Peel Boyd Hilton
6. Széchenyi and Austria R. J. W. Evans
7. Past and future in the later career of Lord John Russell J. P. Parry
8. Documentary falsification and Italian biography Denis Mack Smith
9. Kaiser Wilhelm II and the British monarchy David Cannadine
10. The historical Keynes and the history of Keynesianism Peter Clarke
11. Bastianini and the weakening of the Fascist will to fight the Second World War Owen Chadwick
12. The New Deal without FDR: what biographies of Roosevelt cannot tell us Tony Badger
History and biography: an inaugural lecture Derek Beales
Derek Beales: a chronological list of publications.
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