Victor Feske is assistant professor of history at Wellesley College
"[A] straightforward, elegantly written, and handsomely produced
study. . . . Feske has written a thought-provoking account that
will aid students and scholars on negotiating their way through the
quagmire of early twentieth-century British political and
intellectual culture."--"American Historical Review"
"In this well-written study, Victor Feske demonstrates how
important the interpretation of history was for nineteenth-century
British Liberalism. Exploring the dilemmas posed by rapidly
shifting politics, he makes a convincing case for the close
relationship of crisis and change in public life after the turn of
the century to the vision of the past held by the authors examined.
His persuasive argument will contribute materially to an important
discussion."--Henry R. Winkler, author of "Paths Not Taken: British
Labour and International Policy in the 1920s"
"This engaging book . . . links historiography with political
culture. It is highly recommended for students of both
twentieth-century liberalism and historical writing."--"History:
Reviews of New Books"
"This is an excellent, highly readable book. It is based on a clear
and cogent analysis of the work of a number of important
twentieth-century British 'public historians.' It will make an
important contribution to the history of historical writing in
Britain, to our understanding of the cultural consequences of the
specialization and professionalization of historiography, and to
the history of liberalism and the Liberal Party."--Thomas William
Heyck, Northwestern University Linking historiography and political
history, Victor Feske addresses the changing role of national
histories written in early twentieth-century Britain by amateur
scholars Hilaire Belloc, Sidney and Beatrice Webb, J. L. and
Barbara Hammond, G. M. Trevelyan, and Winston Churchill. These
writers recast the nineteenth-century interpretation of British
history at a time when both the nature of historical writing and
the fortunes of Liberalism had begun to change.
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