Reading history in Britain and America, c.1750 - c.1840 / by Towsey, Mark R. M.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: "History now is the favourite reading" -- History and the life cycle of the reader -- Sceptical historiography and the problem of infidelity -- Contesting constitutional history -- A nation united? Histories of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales -- Rewriting the American nation -- Historical information and the management of empire.…”