Modern British History
A Guide to Study and Research
Published on 31. December 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-86064-208-1 (ISBN)
Description
This text provides practical research methods and a survey of the state of historical research on 20th-century British history. It covers both methodology (from locating and working with primary sources) and major themes including political, diplomatic and economic history.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-86064-208-1 (9781860642081)
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Persons
L.J. Butler is Reader in Contemporary British History at University of East Anglia and the author of several books on modern British history including Modern British History: A Guide to Study and Research (I.B.Tauris). Anthony Gorst is Principal Lecturer in History at the University of Westminster. His publications include: The Suez Crisis (with Lewis Johnman) and Whitehall and the Suez Crisis (with Saul Kelly eds.).
Content
Part 1 Methodology: historical writing, Denis Judd; public records, L.J. Butler; non-public records, Elizabeth Shepherd; libraries, Donald Munro; visual sources, Diane Atkinson; research databases, Peter Denley; managing and funding research, Peter Beck. Part 2 Themes: political history, Robert Pearce; diplomatic history, Anne Lane; military history, Ian Beckett; imperial history, Robert Pearce; social history, John Stevenson; gender history, Helen Jones; media history, Paddy Scannell; economic history, Jim Tomlinson; business history, John Armstrong.