Great Expectations? A Historian's Memoir.
Peter Clarke
This book is both an intellectual memoir and a study in historical formation. It charts the making of a professional historian, from family background and grammar-school education through Cambridge, early academic uncertainty, and the demanding process of turning a doctoral thesis into a first book that gained lasting recognition. Along the way, it sheds light on the informal networks, patronage, friendships and rivalries that shaped British academic life in the post-war period. At its core is the story of Lancashire and the New Liberalism: how it was conceived, criticised, revised and ultimately established, and what that journey reveals about historical method, political interpretation and scholarly ambition. Moving between personal recollection and professional reflection, the book explores enduring themes of class, meritocracy, intellectual influence and contingency. Candid, reflective and occasionally wry, it offers a rare insider’s account of how historical scholarship is produced, contested and sustained over a lifetime.
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