The Social Circulation of the Past

Zusatztext ... dense and informative work. Klappentext Woolf details here the ways in which English men and women first became seriously aware of and interested in their own and the world's past. Previous works have focused exclusively on the writings of a small minority of historians, yet, through using a variety of manuscript and printed sources, this study examines the wider 'historical culture' within which historical and antiquarian studies could emerge. Zusammenfassung Woolf details here the ways in which English men and women first became seriously aware of and interested in their own and the world's past. This study examines the wider 'historical culture' within which historical and antiquarian studies could emerge. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Conventions List of Illustrations Abbreviations Introduction Part I: The Past and the Present 1: Consciousness of Change 2: Old and New Part II: The Ancestral Past 3: The Cultivation of Heredity 4: The Genealogical Imagination Part III: The Tangible Past 5: Varieties of Antiquarianism 6: Seeing the Past 7: The Archaeological Economy Part IV: The Past Remembered 8: Ways of Remembering 9: Popular Beliefs about the Past 10: Oral Tradition Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: D R Woolf, Daniel Woolf, Woolf Daniel
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.04.2003
• EAN: 9780199257782
• ISBN: 978-0-19-925778-2
• No. of pages: 440
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 241 mm x 29 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); England, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, HISTORY / Historiography, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Historiography, British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Sociology & anthropology, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, Sociology and anthropology, C 1600 To C 1700, C 1700 To C 1800