The Resource The culture of history : English uses of the past, 1800-1953, Billie Melman
The culture of history : English uses of the past, 1800-1953, Billie Melman
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- Summary
- Billie Melman takes us on a panoramic voyage of the 'culture of history' which developed in England after the French Revolution. She vividly recovers unexplored aspects of popular history, and unpicks notions of the uncosy past, a place of pleasurable horror and sensationalism, which survived into the 1950s. - ;In this original and widely researched book, Billie Melman explores the culture of history during the age of modernity. Her book is about the production of English pasts, the multiplicity of their representations and the myriad ways in which the English looked at history (sometimes in t
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 363 pages)
- Contents
-
- Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I. THE FRENCH CONNECTION: HISTORY AND CULTURE AFTER THE REVOLUTION; 1. History as a Chamber of Horrors: The French Revolution at Madame Tussaud's; 2. History as a Panorama: Spectacle and the People in Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution; 3. The Past as an Urban Place: Mid-Victorian Images of Revolution and Governance; PART II. HISTORY AS A DUNGEON: TUDOR REVIVALS AND URBAN CULTURE; 4. Who Owns the Tower of London? The Production and Consumptions of a Historical Monument, 1840-1940
- 5. Lady Jane: Torture, Gender, and the Reinvention of the TudorsPART III. ELIZABETHAN REVIVALS, CONSUMPTION, AND MASS DEMOCRACY IN THE MODERN CENTURY; 6. Buy Tudor: The Historical Film and History as a Mass Commodity; 7. The Queen's Two Bodies and the King's Body: History, Monarchy, and Stardom, 1933-1953; PART IV. HISTORY AND GLAMOUR: THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND MODERN LIVING, 1900-1940; 8. The Revolution, Aristocrats, and the People: The Returns of the Scarlet Pimpernel, 1900-1935; PART V. NEW ELIZABETHANS? POST-WAR CULTURE AND FAILED HISTORIES; 9. Gloriana 1953: Failed Evocations of the Past
- ConclusionBibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Isbn
- 9781435609266
- Label
- The culture of history : English uses of the past, 1800-1953
- Title
- The culture of history
- Title remainder
- English uses of the past, 1800-1953
- Statement of responsibility
- Billie Melman
- Subject
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- 1789-1799
- Amusement
- Beeldcultuur
- Electronic books
- France
- France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Historiography
- Great Britain
- Great Britain -- Historiography
- HISTORY
- Historiography
- History
- History in art
- Populaire cultuur
- Popular culture -- Great Britain -- Historiography
- Popular culture -- Historiography
- Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland
- History in art
- History in literature
- History in literature
- History in mass media
- History in mass media
- Massamedia
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Billie Melman takes us on a panoramic voyage of the 'culture of history' which developed in England after the French Revolution. She vividly recovers unexplored aspects of popular history, and unpicks notions of the uncosy past, a place of pleasurable horror and sensationalism, which survived into the 1950s. - ;In this original and widely researched book, Billie Melman explores the culture of history during the age of modernity. Her book is about the production of English pasts, the multiplicity of their representations and the myriad ways in which the English looked at history (sometimes in t
- Cataloging source
- MT4IT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Melman, Billie
- Dewey number
- 942.0072
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- DA1
- LC item number
- .M45 2006eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Popular culture
- History in art
- History in literature
- History in mass media
- Great Britain
- France
- HISTORY
- Historiography
- History in art
- History in literature
- History in mass media
- Popular culture
- France
- Great Britain
- Amusement
- Beeldcultuur
- Massamedia
- Populaire cultuur
- Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland
- Label
- The culture of history : English uses of the past, 1800-1953, Billie Melman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-354) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- other
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I. THE FRENCH CONNECTION: HISTORY AND CULTURE AFTER THE REVOLUTION; 1. History as a Chamber of Horrors: The French Revolution at Madame Tussaud's; 2. History as a Panorama: Spectacle and the People in Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution; 3. The Past as an Urban Place: Mid-Victorian Images of Revolution and Governance; PART II. HISTORY AS A DUNGEON: TUDOR REVIVALS AND URBAN CULTURE; 4. Who Owns the Tower of London? The Production and Consumptions of a Historical Monument, 1840-1940
- 5. Lady Jane: Torture, Gender, and the Reinvention of the TudorsPART III. ELIZABETHAN REVIVALS, CONSUMPTION, AND MASS DEMOCRACY IN THE MODERN CENTURY; 6. Buy Tudor: The Historical Film and History as a Mass Commodity; 7. The Queen's Two Bodies and the King's Body: History, Monarchy, and Stardom, 1933-1953; PART IV. HISTORY AND GLAMOUR: THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND MODERN LIVING, 1900-1940; 8. The Revolution, Aristocrats, and the People: The Returns of the Scarlet Pimpernel, 1900-1935; PART V. NEW ELIZABETHANS? POST-WAR CULTURE AND FAILED HISTORIES; 9. Gloriana 1953: Failed Evocations of the Past
- ConclusionBibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Control code
- 252684884
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 363 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781435609266
- Lccn
- 2006009737
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)252684884
- Label
- The culture of history : English uses of the past, 1800-1953, Billie Melman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-354) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- other
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I. THE FRENCH CONNECTION: HISTORY AND CULTURE AFTER THE REVOLUTION; 1. History as a Chamber of Horrors: The French Revolution at Madame Tussaud's; 2. History as a Panorama: Spectacle and the People in Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution; 3. The Past as an Urban Place: Mid-Victorian Images of Revolution and Governance; PART II. HISTORY AS A DUNGEON: TUDOR REVIVALS AND URBAN CULTURE; 4. Who Owns the Tower of London? The Production and Consumptions of a Historical Monument, 1840-1940
- 5. Lady Jane: Torture, Gender, and the Reinvention of the TudorsPART III. ELIZABETHAN REVIVALS, CONSUMPTION, AND MASS DEMOCRACY IN THE MODERN CENTURY; 6. Buy Tudor: The Historical Film and History as a Mass Commodity; 7. The Queen's Two Bodies and the King's Body: History, Monarchy, and Stardom, 1933-1953; PART IV. HISTORY AND GLAMOUR: THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND MODERN LIVING, 1900-1940; 8. The Revolution, Aristocrats, and the People: The Returns of the Scarlet Pimpernel, 1900-1935; PART V. NEW ELIZABETHANS? POST-WAR CULTURE AND FAILED HISTORIES; 9. Gloriana 1953: Failed Evocations of the Past
- ConclusionBibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Control code
- 252684884
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 363 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781435609266
- Lccn
- 2006009737
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)252684884
Subject
- 1789-1799
- Amusement
- Beeldcultuur
- Electronic books
- France
- France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Historiography
- Great Britain
- Great Britain -- Historiography
- HISTORY
- Historiography
- History
- History in art
- Populaire cultuur
- Popular culture -- Great Britain -- Historiography
- Popular culture -- Historiography
- Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland
- History in art
- History in literature
- History in literature
- History in mass media
- History in mass media
- Massamedia
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