Picturing the Past: English History in Text and Image, 1830-1870

By Rosemary Mitchell

Through a series of interrelated case-studies of nineteenth-century history books, history textbooks, and historical novels, Rosemary Mitchell draws out the attitudes of Victorians toward their national past. She highlights how history--once a popular pastime--became the preserve of professionals and how both the text and images in popular and scholarly publications contributed to Victorian cultural identities.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198208448
• ISBN13: 9780198208440
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"