Literary Criticism Books & Reading
Past into Print
The Publishing of History in Britain 1850–1950
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2013
- Category
- Books & Reading
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781442640573
- Publish Date
- Jul 2009
- List Price
- $69.00
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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.