Black, Jeremy, 1955-

Charting the past : the historical worlds of eighteenth-century England / Jeremy Black. - Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

The world of history -- Purposes, narratives, methods -- A historical world of partisan strife: the early eighteenth century -- Contrasting approaches: Burnet and Astell -- The unstable past: dissenters and history -- History suited to midcentury struggle -- From the new reign to the crisis of empire, 1760-76 -- Empire as historical narrative: Gibbon and the Descent of civilizations -- History in the age of Burke.



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