The methods and skills of history : a practical guide
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The methods and skills of history : a practical guide
H. Davidson, c2010
3rd ed
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-276) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Like its predecessors, the third edition of one of our most popular texts, this 3rd edition is a dynamic text/workbook that combines theory with 'hands on' practice, providing engaging essays, documents, and exercises designed to make the craft of history more meaningful and accessible to student readers - whether they are majoring in history, taking a history course as an elective, or simply reading history on their own - as well as strengthen their critical-thinking and communication skills. While this 3rd edition retains the essence of it highly successful predecessor in the form of its practical, timely advice on research and writing and 'field-tested' exercises, it features important modifications as well, including a reorganisation of the chapters to progress even more smoothly from a theoretical discussion of the nature of history (Part I), to practical considerations involved in confronting historical accounts (Part II), to actually 'doing' history (Part III).
The final section (Part IV) provides a brief overview of how history as a discipline evolved and how it relates to other academic disciplines, as well as appendices that comprise interesting historical documents and helpful source references and bibliographies.
Table of Contents
Preface ix PART I Historical Thinking 1 Chapter 1 The Uses of History 3 Exercises Set A 7 Exercises Set B 9 Chapter 2 The Nature of History: History as Reconstruction 11 Exercises Set A 17 Exercises Set B 20 Chapter 3 Historical Thinking: Continuity and Change 23 Exercises Set A 30 Exercises Set B 35 Chapter 4 Historical Thinking: Multiple Casualty in History 39 Exercises Set A 48 Exercises Set B 55 Chapter 5 Historical Thinking: Context 59 Exercises Set A 65 Exercises Set B 69 PART II Confronting the Historical Account 75 Chapter 6 Libraries: Real and Virtual 77 Exercises Set A 87 Exercises Set B 97 Chapter 7 Reading History 105 Exercises Set A 113 Exercises Set B 121 Chapter 8 History on Film 125 Exercise 135 PART III Doing History 137 Chapter 9 Evidence 139 Exercises Set A 147 Exercises Set B 157 Chapter 10 Oral History and Statistics 165 Exercises Set A 174 Exercises Set B 177 Chapter 11 Interpretation 181 Exercises Set A 190 Exercises Set B 197 Chapter 12 Writing: The History Paper 205 Exercises Set A 216 Exercises Set B 220 PART IV Historiography 225 Chapter 13 The History of History 227 Exercise 240 Chapter 14 History and the Disciplines 243 Exercises 249 Appendix A Fur Trade on the Upper Missouri River: Documents 257 Appendix B Source References and Bibliographies 265 Appendix C Sample Oral History Release Form 269 Suggestions for Further Reading 271 Index 277
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