Can a discipline that has become intensely specialized tell us anything about the world we live in? Or does it render itself socially irrelevant? These questions are at the heart of Richard A. Cosgrov
Two eminent scholars of historiography examine the concept of national identity through the key multi-volume histories of the last two hundred years. Starting with Hume’s History of England (1754–62),
Brundage (emeritus, history, California State Polytechnic U.) and Cosgrove (emeritus, history, U. of Arizona) thematically explore how debates within the field of Anglo-American constitutional history
