After the Fact: the Art of Historical Detection: Vol II
3rd Edition
Published on 1. June 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-07-015611-1 (ISBN)
Description
Volume 2 of a 2-volume work that uses 15 dramatic episodes in American history to show students how historians go about the business of interpreting the past. It discusses historical methods within the context of an historical narrative so that students may learn about American history at the same time as seeing how historians use a variety of evidence (diaries, letters, photographs and records) and methods to explain the past.
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Illustrations, facsims.,maps,ports.
Dimensions
Width: 163 mm
Weight
360 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-015611-1 (9780070156111)
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Content
The view for the bottom rail - oral history and the freedmen's point of view; the mirror with a memory - photographic evidence and the urban scene; USDA government inspected - the jungle of political history; Sacco and Vanzetti - the case of history versus law; Huey Generis - the Louisiana kingfish and "Great-man" history; the decision to drop the bomb - the uses of models in history; from Rosie to Lucy - The mass media and images of women in the 1950s; instant Watergate - footnoting "The Final Days" ; where trouble comes - history and myth in the films of Vietnam.