How to Find Out About the Victorian Period

How to Find Out About the Victorian Period
Author: Lionel Madden
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2014-05-17
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1483153614

How to Find Out About the Victorian Period: A Guide to Sources of Information focuses on the Victorian period of Great Britain. The book first discusses the study of the Victorian period and general guides to the literature. The use of books, periodical articles, theses, and bibliographies in the study of this period in British history is emphasized. The text underscores the value of Victorian periodicals and newspapers in the study of the Victorian period. Guides to special collections and source materials on this period are discussed. These include guides to collection of books and manuscripts, libraries and their collections, archives and manuscripts, and government publications. The book also presents guides to the study of the Victorian church. These include encyclopedias and dictionaries, biographical works, and theses. Guides on the kind of education, development of science, visual arts, music, and literature of the Victorian period are also described. The text is a fine reference for readers who are interested in British history, particularly the Victorian era.

Harvard Guide to American History

Harvard Guide to American History
Author: Frank Freidel
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 644
Release: 1974
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780674375604

Editions for 1954 and 1967 by O. Handlin and others.

Forging the Collective Memory

Forging the Collective Memory
Author: Keith Wilson
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1996-11-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1782388281

When studying the origins of the First World War, scholars have relied heavily on the series of key diplomatic documents published by the governments of both the defeated and the victorious powers in the 1920s and 1930s. However, this volume shows that these volumes, rather than dealing objectively with the past, were used by the different governments to project an interpretation of the origins of the Great War that was more palatable to them and their country than the truth might have been. In revealing policies that influenced the publication of the documents, the relationships between the commissioning governments, their officials, and the historians involved, this collection serves as a warning that even seemingly objective sources have to be used with caution in historical research.