Recovering Scottish history : John Hill Burton and Scottish national identity in the nineteenth century / Craig Beveridge.

Beveridge, Craig, author

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2023.

viii, 310 pages ; 24 cm.

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Acknowledgments - - Abbreviations - - Introduction: recovering Hill Burton - - Perspectives on Scottish history in the nineteenth century - - Burton in Aberdeen and Edinburgh, 1809-49 - - Turning to history, Edinburgh, 1850-70 - - Utilitarian history - - Romantic history - - Gothic history - - History as theatre - - On a pedestal, 1871-81 - - History and heritage: the revival of Scottish national identity - - Epilogue - - Bibliography - - Index.

Providing a reassessment of John Hill Burton, a significant figure in 19th-century Scottish thought, this book presents a revision of the predominant historiographic interpretation of 19th century Scotland. It traces Burton's remarkably diverse social and intellectual acquaintance, and equally varied literary endeavours, from his early life and education in 1820s Aberdeen to his increasingly prominent profile in the Edinburgh of Scott, Jeffrey and Cockburn.

9781474491471 (pbk)

941.1007202

DA759.7

941.1007202
941.1007202

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