David Cannadine
Biographic Data
| ID | 334435 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Cannadine |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Cannadine |
| SIGNATURE | CANNADINE D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Christ University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 56 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 343 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 55 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
One Hundred Years of The (Cambridge) Historical Journal
Across the one hundred years of its existence, The (Cambridge) Historical Journal has been both a purveyor and the product of history. This centenary article explores the Journal 's growth and evolution from both of these perspectives, and suggests three different stages in its development
‘Great Contemporaries’ but Guarded Friends: Winston Churchill and G.M. Trevelyan Revisited
Residential Differentiation in Nineteenth-Century Towns: From Shapes on the Ground to Shapes in Society
This chapter discusses - from the standpoint of the historian - some of the difficulties which arise in any attempt to establish the nature of the shapes on the ground. It examines the analagous problem of establishing the identity of the shapes in society. The chapter describes the attempts which historians have so far made to link the two. The practice of equating working-class areas with ‘darkest Africa’ and the fear of the unknown and irrelig…
The Context, Performance and Meaning of Ritual: The British Monarchy and the ‘Invention of Tradition’, c. 1820–1977
In 1820, The Black Book, a radical critique of the corruption and power of the English Establishment, made this comment on royal ritual
British History as a ‘new subject’
Reading Orientalism: Said and the Unsaid
Book Review| August 01 2009 Reading Orientalism: Said and the Unsaid Daniel Martin Varisco, Reading Orientalism: Said and the Unsaid (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2007), 501 pp. David Cannadine David Cannadine Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Common Knowledge (2009) 15 (3): 510. https://doi.org/10.1215/0961754x-2009-037 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site C…
Making History Now and Then: Discoveries, Controversies and Explorations
Collects twelve previously unpublished essays by one of Britain's most eminent historians, David Cannadine, including his inaugural and valedictory lectures at the Institute of Historical Research. A
Introduction: Independence Day Ceremonials in Historical Perspective 1
Independence Day ceremonies deserve serious scholarly attention and should be set in a longer historical time-frame and broader geographical perspective. There was more variation in practice than is generally recognized but common characteristics and general themes emerge. The ceremonies marking India's independence in 1947 provided a prototype and model. The consensus displayed at Independence was in many ways superficial and the pomp and partyi…
The 'Last Night of the Proms' in historical perspective
This article traces the history of the ‘Last Night of the Proms’, from the foundation of the Promenade Concerts in 1895, through the troubled early decades of the twentieth century and the subsequent commitment of the B.B.C., to its current iconic status. It examines the often contentious reception of this ‘invented tradition’ and its unique contribution to notions of Britishness, both at home and abroad
The History of Parliament: Past, Present—and Future
Mellon: An American Life
Andrew rose to become one of America's greatest financiers. Despite painful shyness and personal misery - his loveless marriage ended in scandalous divorce - he built a mighty and diverse fortune, tracking America's course to global economic supremacy. As treasury secretary under Harding, Coolidge and Hoover, he made the federal government run like a business - prefiguring the public official as CEO - and won credit for the Roaring Twenties. But …
Reordering Honours: Perspectives and Possibilities
The UK's honour system is a strange mixture of ancient tradition and Victorian invention, and is drifting into obsolescence. Many of its honours recall a vanished imperial past, or maintain increasingly unacceptable demarcations between classes of recipients. However, the high rate of acceptance of honours and the almost universal existence of similar systems throughout the world suggests that people do still value an honours system. But what for…
"BIG Tent" Historiography
Research Article| August 01 2005 “BIG Tent” Historiography: Transatlantic Obstacles and Opportunities in Writing the History of Empire David Cannadine David Cannadine Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Common Knowledge (2005) 11 (3): 375–392. https://doi.org/10.1215/0961754X-11-3-375 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation David Cannadine; “BIG Tent” Historiography:…
Churchill and the British Monarchy
Christianity approached the Scandinavian lands but tardily. By the time of Anskar's death in 865 there were churches at Birka in Sweden, at Hedeby in Schlesvig and at Ribe in south Jutland.... It was not until about 1150 that any effort was made to introduce Christianity to Finland
From biography to history: Writing the modern British monarchy
This article traces the development of biographical and historical writing about the British monarchy from the 'golden age' of Elizabeth I to the House of Windsor. It examines the differences in approach over the past two centuries, in particular, from the uncritical biographies of the Victorian period to the current unregulated flood of material, authorized and unauthorized. Such an analysis goes beyond the history of dynasties and individuals a…
What is History Now: An Interview with David Cannadine
Historically Speaking February 2003 What is History Today? Interviews with David Cannadine and John Gaddis.andan essay by John Lukacs WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO STUDY HISTORY? In his 1961 Trevelyan Lectures at Cambridge University, E. H. Carr asked this question, and his answer, What is History?, isstillwidely readanddebatedtoday. Two recent books examine historical scholarship and method, both drawing inspiration from Carr's classic. DavidCannadine ha…
Churchill's Shadow: Coping with the Past in Modern Britain
What is History Now?
E. H. Carr's What is History? was originally published by Macmillan in 1961. Since then it has sold hundreds of thousands of copies throughout the world. In this book, ten internationally renowned sch
British History as a ‘new subject’
During the election campaign for the European Parliament which was fought out in May 1994, the Prime Minister, John Major, offered this version of the history of the country whose government he led:This British nation has a monarchy founded by the Kings of Wessex over eleven hundred years ago, a Parliament and universities formed over seven hundred years ago, a language with its roots in the mists of time, and the richest vocabulary in the world.…
In Churchill's Shadow: Confronting the Past in Modern Britain
Historians in ‘the liberal hour: Lawrence Stone and J. H. Plumb re–visited
This articles assesses the careers and impact of Lawrence Stone and J. H. Plumb, examining their formative influences, and the effect which they in turn had on the writing and practice of history, particularly in the nineteen–sixties. It assesses their two most resonant books: Stone's The Causes of the English Revolution, 1529–1642(1972) and Plumb's The Growth of Political Stability in England, 1675–1725(1967). The article traces historiographica…
Ornamentalism: How the British saw their empire
Churchill and the British Monarchy
In early April 1955, on the eve of his retirement as prime minister, Sir Winston Churchill gave a farewell dinner at 10 Downing Street, at which the principal guests were Queen Elizabeth II and the duke of Edinburgh. At the end of the evening, as he escorted his sovereign to her car, the cameras caught the leave-taking scene: Churchill, full of years and honour, wearing the Order of the Garter which she had given him, and the Order of Merit which…
Churchill in the Twenty-First Century
THIS conference considered major aspects of Winston Churchill’s career and re-assessed his contribution to modern history from the perspective of the twenty-first century. For this purpose a diverse group of historians was brought together who are all experts either on Churchill or on issues with which he was closely associated. Since few people are still alive who personally knew Churchill, the opportunity was also taken to ask Tony Benn MP, Lor…
The Rise and Fall of Class in Britain
Rituals of royalty: Power and Ceremonial in Traditional Societies
Ornamentalism: How the British saw their empire
The Present and the Past in the English Industrial Revolution 1880-1980
Journal Article THE PRESENT AND THE PAST IN THE ENGLISH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 1880–1980 Get access David Cannadine David Cannadine Christ's CollegeCambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Past & Present, Volume 103, Issue 1, May 1984, Pages 131–172, https://doi.org/10.1093/past/103.1.131 Published: 01 May 1984
Conflict and Consensus on a Ceremonial Occasion: The Diamond Jubilee in Cambridge in 1897
On 22 June 1897 the Queen-Empress Victoria drove in splendid, imperial state to St Paul's Cathedral, the ‘parish church of the Empire’ there to give thanks for reaching the sixtieth year of her reign. It was, in life, her supreme moment of apotheosis as the matriarch of Europe and mother-figure of an empire of unprecedented size, power and prosperity. Not only in London, but in towns and villages throughout England and around the world, the celeb…
Victorian cities: How different? 1
Viewpoint British History: Past, Present - And Future
Journal Article VIEWPOINT BRITISH HISTORY: PAST, PRESENT — AND FUTURE? Get access David Cannadine David Cannadine Christ's CollegeCambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Past & Present, Volume 116, Issue 1, August 1987, Pages 169–191, https://doi.org/10.1093/past/116.1.169 Published: 01 August 1987
The Calthorpe Family and Birmingham, 1810–1910: A ‘Conservative Interest’ Examined
In the provincial cities the existence of protected estates like the Calthorpe Estate, which owned and managed Edgbaston in Birmingham, had a strategic influence on the whole development of the city. The owners of such estates, served by solicitors, and themselves serving as patrons of urban parishes, governors of grammar schools and presidents of charitable associations, often provided the backbone of a ‘conservative interest’ in cities whose fl…
The Transformation of Civic Ritual in Modern Britain: The Colchester Oyster Feast
Journal Article THE TRANSFORMATION OF CIVIC RITUAL IN MODERN BRITAIN: THE COLCHESTER OYSTER FEAST Get access David Cannadine David Cannadine Christ's CollegeCambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Past & Present, Volume 94, Issue 1, February 1982, Pages 107–130, https://doi.org/10.1093/past/94.1.107 Published: 01 February 1982
The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy
The Theory and Practice of the English Leisure Classes
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Introduction: Independence Day Ceremonials in Historical Perspective 1
Independence Day ceremonies deserve serious scholarly attention and should be set in a longer historical time-frame and broader geographical perspective. There was more variation in practice than is generally recognized but common characteristics and general themes emerge. The ceremonies marking India's independence in 1947 provided a prototype and model. The consensus displayed at Independence was in many ways superficial and the pomp and partyi…
Mellon: An American Life
Andrew rose to become one of America's greatest financiers. Despite painful shyness and personal misery - his loveless marriage ended in scandalous divorce - he built a mighty and diverse fortune, tracking America's course to global economic supremacy. As treasury secretary under Harding, Coolidge and Hoover, he made the federal government run like a business - prefiguring the public official as CEO - and won credit for the Roaring Twenties. But …
The Empire Strikes Back
From biography to history: Writing the modern British monarchy
This article traces the development of biographical and historical writing about the British monarchy from the 'golden age' of Elizabeth I to the House of Windsor. It examines the differences in approach over the past two centuries, in particular, from the uncritical biographies of the Victorian period to the current unregulated flood of material, authorized and unauthorized. Such an analysis goes beyond the history of dynasties and individuals a…
Historians in ‘the liberal hour: Lawrence Stone and J. H. Plumb re–visited
This articles assesses the careers and impact of Lawrence Stone and J. H. Plumb, examining their formative influences, and the effect which they in turn had on the writing and practice of history, particularly in the nineteen–sixties. It assesses their two most resonant books: Stone's The Causes of the English Revolution, 1529–1642(1972) and Plumb's The Growth of Political Stability in England, 1675–1725(1967). The article traces historiographica…
Aristocratic Indebtedness in the Nineteenth Century: A Restatement
IT was an altogether unexpected pleasure to find Prof. Spring eager and willing to comment on my recent article.' It was even more gratifying to discover on how many points we agreed.2 As to his criticisms, these may be put under three headings: (i) that I inadequately summarized the nature and argument of his contribution to the debate of the I950s; (2) that the main point of difference between us concerns the extent to which there was or was no…
Aristocratic Indebtedness in the Nineteenth Century: The Case Re-opened
The Calthorpe Family and Birmingham, 1810–1910: A ‘Conservative Interest’ Examined
In the provincial cities the existence of protected estates like the Calthorpe Estate, which owned and managed Edgbaston in Birmingham, had a strategic influence on the whole development of the city. The owners of such estates, served by solicitors, and themselves serving as patrons of urban parishes, governors of grammar schools and presidents of charitable associations, often provided the backbone of a ‘conservative interest’ in cities whose fl…
The ‘Best Governed City’, Part Three
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Village Life and Labour
Joint T. S. Ashton Prize Essay for 1977. Aristocratic Indebtedness in the Nineteenth Century: The Case Re-opened
David Cannadine, Joint T. S. Ashton Prize Essay for 1977. Aristocratic Indebtedness in the Nineteenth Century: The Case Re-opened, The Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 30, No. 4 (Nov., 1977), pp. 624-650
Victorian cities: How different? 1
Aristocratic Indebtedness in the Nineteenth Century: The Case Re-opened
Short notices
Thomas N. Tentler, Sin and Confession on the Eve of the Reformation (1977), xxiv+395 (Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, £18.80). Jack Richard Censer, Prelude to power: the Parisian radical press, 1789–1791 (1976), xiv+186 (Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, £10.00). Jürgen Hein, Dorfgeschichte (1976), ix+151 (J. B. Metzler, Stuttgart, DM 10.80). (The Rural Story) Peter Zimmerman, Der Bauernroman (1975), vii+277 (J. B. Met…
From ‘Feudal’ Lords to Figureheads
The importance of landowners' influence on the timing, scale and type of development in many large nineteenth-century towns is a platitude of urban history. But the power which it gave a large, aristocratic, urban landowner to influence local affairs – political, cultural, religious and philanthropic – has received much less attention. Most historians would agree with Ralph Nevill that during the nineteenth century ‘the political influence of the…
Another “Last Victorian”: P. G. Wodehouse and His World
Research Article| October 01 1978 Another “Last Victorian”: P. G. Wodehouse and His World David Cannadine David Cannadine Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (1978) 77 (4): 470–491. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-77-4-470 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation David Cannadine; Another “Last Victorian”: P. G. Wodehouse and His World. South …
The Theory and Practice of the English Leisure Classes
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Economy, Society and Parliamentary Reform, 1820-33: Birmingham Evidence and Westminster Reaction
Journal Article Economy, Society and Parliamentary Reform, 1820–33: Birmingham Evidence and Westminster Reaction Get access David Cannadine David Cannadine Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, Volume 52, Issue 126, November 1979, Pages 187–199, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2281.1979.tb02224.x Published: 12 October 2007
Urban Development in England and America in the Nineteenth Century: Some Comparisons and Contrasts
T THERE is considerable historical precedent-as well as intellectual justification-for some comparative study of the ownership and development of land as it affected urban growth on both sides of the Atlantic in the nineteenth century. From the i830s to the i86os, radicals like Bright had constantly invoked the example of the United States when attacking the monopoly of rural land in England,2 by pointing to the different structure of landownersh…
Aristocratic Indebtedness in the Nineteenth Century: A Restatement
IT was an altogether unexpected pleasure to find Prof. Spring eager and willing to comment on my recent article.' It was even more gratifying to discover on how many points we agreed.2 As to his criticisms, these may be put under three headings: (i) that I inadequately summarized the nature and argument of his contribution to the debate of the I950s; (2) that the main point of difference between us concerns the extent to which there was or was no…
Conflict and Consensus on a Ceremonial Occasion: The Diamond Jubilee in Cambridge in 1897
On 22 June 1897 the Queen-Empress Victoria drove in splendid, imperial state to St Paul's Cathedral, the ‘parish church of the Empire’ there to give thanks for reaching the sixtieth year of her reign. It was, in life, her supreme moment of apotheosis as the matriarch of Europe and mother-figure of an empire of unprecedented size, power and prosperity. Not only in London, but in towns and villages throughout England and around the world, the celeb…
Lords and Landlords: The Aristocracy and the Towns, 1774-1967
The Transformation of Civic Ritual in Modern Britain: The Colchester Oyster Feast
Journal Article THE TRANSFORMATION OF CIVIC RITUAL IN MODERN BRITAIN: THE COLCHESTER OYSTER FEAST Get access David Cannadine David Cannadine Christ's CollegeCambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Past & Present, Volume 94, Issue 1, February 1982, Pages 107–130, https://doi.org/10.1093/past/94.1.107 Published: 01 February 1982
Lords and Landlords: The Aristocracy and the Towns, 1774-1967
Short Notices
Short Notices Get access DAVID CANNADINE DAVID CANNADINE Christ's College, Cambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume XCVIII, Issue CCCLXXXVIII, July 1983, Pages 661–662, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/XCVIII.CCCLXXXVIII.661 Published: 01 July 1983
London's Recent Past
The Gentleman in Trollope: Individuality and Moral Conduct. Shirley Robin Letwin
English Country Houses and Landed Estates
The Present and the Past in the English Industrial Revolution 1880-1980
Journal Article THE PRESENT AND THE PAST IN THE ENGLISH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 1880–1980 Get access David Cannadine David Cannadine Christ's CollegeCambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Past & Present, Volume 103, Issue 1, May 1984, Pages 131–172, https://doi.org/10.1093/past/103.1.131 Published: 01 May 1984
Viewpoint British History: Past, Present - And Future
Journal Article VIEWPOINT BRITISH HISTORY: PAST, PRESENT — AND FUTURE? Get access David Cannadine David Cannadine Christ's CollegeCambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Past & Present, Volume 116, Issue 1, August 1987, Pages 169–191, https://doi.org/10.1093/past/116.1.169 Published: 01 August 1987
What is Social History
Ever since its elevation to the status of a disdpline, and the emergence of a hierarchically organised profession, history has been very largely concerned with problematics of its own making. Sometimes it is suggested by ‘gaps’ which the young researcher is advised by supervisors to fill; or by an established interpretation which, iconoclastically, he or she is encouraged to challenge. Fashion may direct the historians’ gaze; or a new methodology…
Pomp and Power
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