Introduction : rethinking historical distance : from doctrine to heuristic
Machiavelli between history and chronicle
A study in contrasts : Machiavelli, Guicciardini, and the idea of example
"The most illustrious philosopher and historian of the age" : Hume and the balances of enlightenment history
"What sympathy then touches every human heart!" : emotional identification in enlightenment and romantic histories
Hundred Scottish ministers write the history of everyday life : contrasting distances in Sinclair's "Statistical account of Scotland"
Past and present : contrastive narratives in the romantic age
"The very web and texture of society as it really exists" : literary history in historiographical perspective
"A topic that history will proudly record", or, What is the "history" in history painting?
On the advantage and disadvantage of sentimental history for life
Alternative histories in the public realm : familiarizing and defamiliarizing the past
Epilogue : My Lai and moral luck, or, 'Tis forty years since.
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On historical distance by Mark Phillips. ISBN 9780300140378. Published by Yale University Press in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
