The Science of History in Victorian Britain

Making the Past Speak

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Other Sciences, History
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Author: Ian Hesketh ISBN: 9780822981848
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press Publication: January 15, 2011
Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press Language: English
Author: Ian Hesketh
ISBN: 9780822981848
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Publication: January 15, 2011
Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press
Language: English

New attitudes towards history in nineteenth-century Britain saw a rejection of romantic, literary techniques in favour of a professionalized, scientific methodology. The development of history as a scientific discipline was undertaken by several key historians of the Victorian period, influenced by German scientific history and British natural philosophy. This study examines parallels between the professionalization of both history and science at the time, which have previously been overlooked.

Hesketh challenges accepted notions of a single scientific approach to history. Instead, he draws on a variety of sources—monographs, lectures, correspondence—from eminent Victorian historians to uncover numerous competing discourses.

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New attitudes towards history in nineteenth-century Britain saw a rejection of romantic, literary techniques in favour of a professionalized, scientific methodology. The development of history as a scientific discipline was undertaken by several key historians of the Victorian period, influenced by German scientific history and British natural philosophy. This study examines parallels between the professionalization of both history and science at the time, which have previously been overlooked.

Hesketh challenges accepted notions of a single scientific approach to history. Instead, he draws on a variety of sources—monographs, lectures, correspondence—from eminent Victorian historians to uncover numerous competing discourses.

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