Professor Trevor Burnard T.G.Burnard@hull.ac.uk
Director of The Wilberforce Institute
Professor Trevor Burnard T.G.Burnard@hull.ac.uk
Director of The Wilberforce Institute
Cécile Vidal
Nicolas Barreyre
Editor
Michael Heale
Editor
Stephen Tuck
Editor
Cecile Vidal
Editor
This chapter examines early American history (often known as Atlantic history, a recently burgeoning field) and its multiple reconfigurations from the 1960s in order to analyze the impact of location on the conceptualization of historical frameworks. It argues that, because of location, U.S.-based early North Americanists have had a tendency to privilege Atlantic history over imperial history while early North Americanists based in Europe are often more tempted by the imperial turn. The impact of location comes from multiple factors, however, such as local institutional constraints, academic cultures, and power relationships between academic systems that are increasingly connected, and can have complementary or contradictory effects. The chapter argues that this leaves room for historians to make individual choices, develop alternative strategies according to audiences, and multiply historiographical experimentations.
Burnard, T., & Vidal, C. (2014). Location and the conceptualization of historical frameworks: Early American history and its multiple reconfigurations in the United States and in Europe. In N. Barreyre, M. Heale, S. Tuck, & C. Vidal (Eds.), Historians across borders : writing American history in a global age (141-162). Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press. https://doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520279278.003.0007
Online Publication Date | Mar 14, 2014 |
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Publication Date | Jan 1, 2014 |
Deposit Date | Apr 1, 2022 |
Publisher | University of California Press |
Pages | 141-162 |
Book Title | Historians across borders : writing American history in a global age |
Chapter Number | 7 |
ISBN | 9780520279278 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520279278.003.0007 |
Keywords | Location; Atlantic; Imperial; Frameworks; Colonies; Geographical |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/3579662 |
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