British History Compared A Bibliography Compiled by

This bibliography comprises books and essays containing explicit historical comparisons with England/Great Britain, independent of whether this is mentioned in the title or not. It does not include anthologies whose title promises a comparison, but which merely offer an accumulation of single country studies and leave systematic comparisons to the reader. Nor does it contain studies on (cultural) transfer and perception, works dealing with transnational entanglements, or with global developments related to Great Britain. Over the last few years literature in these areas has grown to such an extent that it has become an independent research genre in need of its own special documentation. The following list mostly contains titles in English, French and German. Most of these have landed on the desk of the compiler in the course of more than 20 years researching and teaching British history. This not only explains the focus on economic, social and cultural history themes, but also the excessively high proportion of German language works. The lack of balance furthermore reflects the research tradition in the area of English/British comparative historiography. Whereas German historians have traditionally placed great value on comparative methods – indeed have described it as the "royal path " of moder