Conservative Revolutionary - The Lives of Lewis Namier

A biography of the historian and public intellectual Sir Lewis Namier from his origins in a secular Jewish family in Poland to recognition as the most important historian of his day, whose 'revolutionary' method was enshrined in the verb to Namierise.

List of contents

Prologue: In search of Namier
1 Avenues of history: the child and the man, 1888-1913
2 Personalities and powers, 1913-1917
3 Facing east, 1917-1920
4 In the margin of history,1920-1928
5 Skyscrapers, 1928-32
6 Europe in decay, 1932-8
7 In the Nazi era, 1938-47
8 Crossroads of power, 1947-56
9 Conflicts, 1956-60
10 Vanished supremacies: Namier in retrospect
Index

About the author

D. W. Hayton is a Visiting Professor in the School of English and History at Ulster University

Summary

A biography of the historian and public intellectual Sir Lewis Namier from his origins in a secular Jewish family in Poland to recognition as the most important historian of his day, whose ‘revolutionary’ method was enshrined in the verb to Namierise. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Hayton David David, D. W. Hayton, David Hayton
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9780719086038
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8603-8
• No. of pages: 472
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous