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Past into Print

The Publishing of History in Britain 1850–1950

by (author) Leslie Howsam

Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Initial publish date
Sep 2013
Category
Books & Reading
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781442640573
    Publish Date
    Jul 2009
    List Price
    $69.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442685789
    Publish Date
    Sep 2013
    List Price
    $60

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Description

Past into Print explores history books and periodicals as sites of conflict and compromise in order to question how and why historical knowledge is created. Using primary documents and the history books of the period, Leslie Howsam combines two distinct strands of scholarship: the history of the book and publishing and the development of history as a scholarly discipline.

Howsam examines the relationships of historians and their publishers through correspondence and readers reports to reveal the assumptions that drove historical projects, which in turn came to shape the careers of writers, the reputations of publishing houses, and the values of a discipline. The first systematic exploration of the publishing history of history, Past into Print uncovers the ways in which historical writing was mediated by the book trade and traces how mid-Victorian narrative certainties gave way to twentieth-century disciplinary anxieties.

About the author

Leslie Howsam is a professor in the Department of History at the University of Windsor.

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