The Methods and Skills of History (eBook)

A Practical Guide

Michael J. Salevouris (Autor)

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2016 | 4. Auflage
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-74534-2 (ISBN)

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Widely acclaimed for its accessibility and engaging approach to the subject, the fourth edition of The Methods and Skills of History combines theory and instruction with hands-on practice, making it a comprehensive guide to historical research and writing.

• Combines theory with hands-on practice in its introduction to historical methods
• Includes a series of field-tested exercises designed to make the research and writing of history more meaningful and accessible to readers
• Features expanded coverage of writing history and up-to-date coverage of online research
• Designed to strengthen students' critical thinking and communication skills

MICHAEL J. SALEVOURIS is Professor Emeritus of History at Webster University, St. Louis. In addition to various reviews and articles, he is the author of Learning American History: Critical Skills for the Survey Course (with Conal Furay, 1997), and Riflemen Form: The War Scare of 1859-1860 in England (1982).

The late CONAL FURAY was Professor Emeritus at Webster University, where he taught such courses as American Business History and The Western in Film and Story. He is the author of Learning American History: Critical Skills for the Survey Course (with Michael J. Salevouris, 1997), and The Grass-Roots Mind in America: The American Sense of Absolutes (1977).

Inhalt

Cover 1
Title Page 5
Copyright 6
Contents 9
Preface 13
Part I: Historical Thinking 17
1: The Uses of History 19
Exercises Set A 24
Exercises Set B 26
2: The Nature of History: History as Reconstruction 29
Exercises Set A 37
Exercises Set B 40
3: Historical Thinking: Continuity and Change 43
Exercises Set A 53
Exercises Set B 55
4: Historical Thinking: Multiple Causality in History 59
Exercises Set A 71
Exercises Set B 76
5: Historical Thinking: Context 81
Exercises Set A 89
Exercises Set B 93
6: History Writing: Telling a Story 99
Exercises Set A 107
Exercises Set B 114
Part II: Confronting the Historical Account 117
7: Libraries: Real and Virtual 119
Exercises Set A 131
Exercises Set B 140
8: Reading History 147
Exercises Set A 157
Exercises Set B 165
9: History on Film 167
Exercise 181
Part III: Doing History 183
10: Evidence 185
Exercises Set A 195
Exercises Set B 204
11: Oral Histories, Statistics, and Photographs 213
Exercises Set A 227
Exercises Set B 230
12: Interpretation 233
Exercises Set A 243
Exercises Set B 250
13: Writing for Your Reader 257
Exercises Set A 265
Exercises Set B 266
Part IV: Historiography 269
14: The History of History 271
Exercise 285
15: History and the Disciplines 287
Exercises 295
Appendix A: Fur Trade on the Upper Missouri River: Documents 303
Appendix B: Source References and Bibliographies 311
Appendix C: Sample Oral History Release Form 315
Suggestions for Further Reading 317
Index 323

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.9.2016
• Co-Autor: Conal Furay
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Schlagworte: Geschichte • Geschichte der USA • Historical Methods & Historiography • History • History, history research, historical research, historic writing, historical writing, historiography, historic methodology, historical methodology, critical thinking, primary documents, secondary documents, libraries, oral history, history on film • Methoden der Geschichtsforschung u. Geschichtsschreibung • us history
• ISBN-10: 1-118-74534-5 / 1118745345
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-74534-2 / 9781118745342