Reaching for a Larger History: A comparative book review
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- The unknown American revolution
- The Brittanic viewpoint
- The striking people-groups
- Final considerations
- Conclusion
- References
Abstract
Hugh Kearney's The British Isles: A history of Four Nations and Gary Nash's The Unknown American Revolution both attempt to introduce an often missed dimension into their respective subjects. Although each book has a unique style and approach (because of differences in scope, audience, and preceding literature) this common goal of reaching for a larger history is the best point from which to compare them.
The British Isles: A history of Four Nations traces "the interaction of the various major cultures of the British Isles from the Roman period onwards." In this sense, it is the history of a geographical location more than a nation, or, to be more precise, it is as the title would suggest the histories of four nations in one book. The four nations are England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and Kearney contends that apart from one another the history of none can be properly understood. Kearney presents this theory as against that of nationalistic historians.
The British Isles: A history of Four Nations traces "the interaction of the various major cultures of the British Isles from the Roman period onwards." In this sense, it is the history of a geographical location more than a nation, or, to be more precise, it is as the title would suggest the histories of four nations in one book. The four nations are England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and Kearney contends that apart from one another the history of none can be properly understood. Kearney presents this theory as against that of nationalistic historians.
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