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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
Series |
Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-C
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Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-C.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction : rethinking historical distance : from doctrine to heuristic -- Machiavelli between history and chronicle -- A study in contrasts : Machiavelli, Guicciardini, and the idea of example -- "The most illustrious philosopher and historian of the age" : Hume and the balances of enlightenment history -- "What sympathy then touches every human heart!" : emotional identification in enlightenment and romantic histories -- Hundred Scottish ministers write the history of everyday life : contrasting distances in Sinclair's "Statistical account of Scotland" -- Past and present : contrastive narratives in the romantic age -- "The very web and texture of society as it really exists" : literary history in historiographical perspective -- "A topic that history will proudly record", or, What is the "history" in history painting? -- On the advantage and disadvantage of sentimental history for life -- Alternative histories in the public realm : familiarizing and defamiliarizing the past -- Epilogue : My Lai and moral luck, or, 'Tis forty years since. |
Summary |
Conceptions of distance are foundational to historical thought but Mark Salber Phillips gives the idea new subtlety and meaning. He argues that distance is a matter not just of time and space but also of form, affect, ideology, and understanding. |
Awards |
Canadian Historical Association's Wallace K. Ferguson Prize, 2014 |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Language |
English. |
Subject |
Historiography -- Philosophy.
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Historiography -- Philosophy. |
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History -- Philosophy.
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History -- Philosophy. |
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HISTORY -- Historiography. |
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HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Phillips, Mark, 1946- On historical distance. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013] 9780300140378 (DLC) 2012037687 (OCoLC)812081154 |
ISBN |
9780300195255 (electronic book) |
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0300195257 (electronic book) |
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9780300140378 |
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0300140371 |
Standard No. |
40022251345 |
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