Little Book for New Historians (eBook)

Why and How to Study History

Robert Tracy McKenzie (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
IVP Academic (Verlag)
978-0-8308-7245-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Many people think of history as merely 'the past'-or at most, information about the past. But the real work of a historian is to listen to the voices of those who have gone before and humbly remember the flesh and blood on the other side of the evidence. What is their story? How does it become part of our own?In A Little Book for New Historians veteran historian Robert Tracy McKenzie offers a concise, clear, and beautifully written introduction to the study of history. In addition to making a case for the discipline in our pragmatic, 'present-tense' culture, McKenzie lays out necessary skills, methods, and attitudes for historians in training. Loaded with concrete examples and insightful principles, this primer shows how the study of history, faithfully pursued, can shape your heart as well as your mind.

Robert Tracy McKenzie (PhD, Vanderbilt University) is Arthur F. Holmes Chair of Faith and Learning and professor of history at Wheaton College. His books include Lincolnites and Rebels, A Little Book for New Historians, and The First Thanksgiving: What the Real Story Tells Us About Loving God and Learning from History.

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Many people think of history as merely "e;the past"e;-or at most, information about the past. But the real work of a historian is to listen to the voices of those who have gone before and humbly remember the flesh and blood on the other side of the evidence. What is their story? How does it become part of our own?In A Little Book for New Historians veteran historian Robert Tracy McKenzie offers a concise, clear, and beautifully written introduction to the study of history. In addition to making a case for the discipline in our pragmatic, "e;present-tense"e; culture, McKenzie lays out necessary skills, methods, and attitudes for historians in training. Loaded with concrete examples and insightful principles, this primer shows how the study of history, faithfully pursued, can shape your heart as well as your mind.

Autor

Robert Tracy McKenzie (PhD, Vanderbilt University) is Arthur F. Holmes Chair of Faith and Learning and professor and chair of the department of history at Wheaton College. He is the author of books including One South or Many?, Lincolnites and Rebels, and The First Thanksgiving: What the Real Story Tells Us About Loving God and Learning from History.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.3.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Little Books
• Reihe/Serie: Little Books
• Verlagsort: Lisle
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
• Schlagworte: Christian History • college history textbook • discipline of history • faith and learning • guide to studying history • historian • Historical studies • Historical Study • Historiography • history class • History Degree • History education • history guidebook • history major • history methods • History of the World • history primer • history student • history textbook • how to be a historian • Philosophy of History • Presentism • study of history • us history • U.S. History • why is history important • why study history • World History
• ISBN-10: 0-8308-7245-0 / 0830872450
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-7245-9 / 9780830872459