Preface; 1. Unequal exchanges; 2. The view across the Channel; 3. Open borders; 4. A sense of adventure; 5. The language problem; Appendix; Further reading.
A trenchant analysis of the evolution and motivations of British historians' fascination with the European continent.
Richard J. Evans is Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College. A Fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Society of Literature, Professor Evans has also taught at Birkbeck, University of London, where he was Vice-Master, and the University of East Anglia, where he was Professor of European History.
'Richard J. Evans: the magisterial chronicler of the Third Reich …
was recently appointed Regius Professor of Modern History at
Cambridge University. Expanded from an inaugural lecture, his book
… asks how an often insular culture managed to nurture two
generations of world-ranking historians whose passions and
positions made them 'a good deal more cosmopolitan' than most of
their peers across the seas.' Boyd Tonkin, The Independent
'Evans makes a convincing case for his thesis of British historians
of Europe as cosmopolitan islanders, discussing the work and
influence of the present generation of practitioners …' A. W.
Purdue, THE (Book of the Week)
'Richard Evans's new study of the historical profession in Britain
serves as a timely reminder both of what Britain's historians have
achieved over the past half-century, and what may be lost if their
legacy is squandered.' Mark Mazower, The New Republic
'This book has all the advantages one expects of a text by Richard
Evans: an interesting subject, clear prose, a broad sweep, decisive
opinions, snap judgements - and thus the ability to provoke on a
missive scale.' German Historical Institute London Bulletin
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