Sources and methods for family and community historians : a handbook
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Sources and methods for family and community historians : a handbook
(Studying family and community history : 19th and 20th centuries, v. 4)
Cambridge University Press in association with the Open University, c1997
2nd revised ed.
- : pbk
Available at 13 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is the second edition of the fourth volume of the successful series Studying Family and Community History, published in conjunction with the Open University. With its aim of placing individual and localised cases in their social and historical context, this accessible and innovative series will stimulate and develop personal research in family and community history. This new edition of the fourth volume has been extensively updated. It serves as an invaluable tool for any research project on family or community history by offering guidance on sources, research strategies and techniques, the relevant libraries and archives, and how to present research findings.
Table of Contents
- List of figures and tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction Michael Drake and Ruth Finnegan
- Part I. Some Basics: 1. Questions and strategies for research Michael Drake and Ruth Finnegan
- 2. Primary sources: handle with care Arthur Marwick
- Part II. Using Sources: 3. The Census, 1801-1991 Dennis Mills and Michael Drake
- 4. Using written sources: some key examples W. T. R. Pryce, Michael Drake, Peter Braham, David Englander, John Golby, and Paul Smith
- 5. Using written sources: some further examples Dennis Mills and Michael Drake
- 6. Using non-written sources Ian Donnachie, John Hunt, W. T. R. Pryce, Gill Kirkup, Joanna Bornat, Angus Calder, and Ruth Finnegan
- Part III. Methods and Techniques: 7. Recording oral history Joanna Bornat
- 8. Quantitative techniques Michael Drake, Deirdre Mageean, W. T. R. Pryce, and Roy Lewis
- 9. Computing Kevin Schurer and Magnus John
- Part IV. Presentation, Dissemination, and Publication: 10. Writing and publishing your work David Wilson
- 11. Other forms of presentation and dissemination W. T. R. Pryce, John Hunt, Ruth Finnegan, and Angus Calder
- Part V. Locating Sources and References: 12. A guide to record offices, libraries and other collections Paul Smith, Jane Cox, Ian Donnachie, and Brenda Collins
- 13. Selected reference and bibliographical resources: some ways to find out more Paul Smith and Simeon Yates
- Exercises: answers and comments
- Appendix John Golby
- Index
- Acknowledgements.
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