Published 1971
by Archon Books in [Hamden, Conn.] .
Written in English
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LC Classifications | DA3.M3 B4 1971 |
The Physical Object | |
Pagination | xvi, 387 p. |
Number of Pages | 387 |
ID Numbers | |
Open Library | OL5314784M |
ISBN 10 | 0208010378 |
LC Control Number | 72116905 |
OCLC/WorldCa | 134144 |
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Thomas Babington Macaulay's History of England was a phenomenal Victorian best-seller which shaped much more than the literary culture of the times: it defined a nation's sense of self, charting the rise of the British Isles to its triumph as a homogenous nation, a safeguard of the freedom of belief and expression, and a central world power. In this book Catherine Hall explores the emotional. Zareer Masani. Zareer Masani is the author of Macaulay: Britain’s Liberal Imperialist. He has an Oxford history doctorate and is the author of three other historical books: Indira Gandhi: A Biography, Indian Tales of the Raj and India from Raj to has also written a widely acclaimed family memoir, And All Is Said: Memoir of a Home spent two decades as a current affairs. Then I found more information on Macaulay's speech on a book called Distinguished Anglo-Indians, which contained the text of Lord Macaulay's Minutes on Indian Education (), which told me that Macaulay addressed the parliament on about Indian education.[The date was 10th July ] This speech is usually referred together with his famous Minutes on Indian Education, which was . The standard biography of Macaulay is by his nephew, Sir George Otto Trevelyan, The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay (2 vols., ; repr. ). Other useful introductions to his life and work are Arthur Bryant, Macaulay (), and Richmond C. Beatty, Lord Macaulay, Victorian Liberal ().
The Infamous Macaulay Speech That Never Was. A quotation supposedly culled from a speech by Thomas Babington Macaulay is a staple of social media forwards and has even been quoted by . Princeton University Library One Washington Road Princeton, NJ USA () Macaulay often overstated his cases when writing, but they contained a hard core of truth (i.e. the Glorious Revolution was broadly beneficial) that went beyond nationalistic boosterism. Sullivan apparently sees Victorian society as complicit in Macaulay's chauvinism, but that hardly captures the complexities of the first modern s: 5. Macaulay often overstated his cases when writing, but they contained a hard core of truth (i.e. the Glorious Revolution was broadly beneficial) that went beyond nationalistic boosterism. Sullivan apparently sees Victorian society as complicit in Macaulay's chauvinism, but that hardly captures the complexities of the first modern s: 6.