Why Study History?
1st Edition
Published on 27. May 2020
208 pages
978-1-913019-05-1 (ISBN)
Description
Considering studying history at university? Wondering whether a history degree will get you a good job, and what you might earn? Want to know what it's actually like to study history at degree level? This book tells you what you need to know. Studying any subject at degree level is an investment in the future that involves significant cost. Now more than ever, students and their parents need to weigh up the potential benefits of university courses. That's where the Why Study series comes in. This series of books, aimed at students, parents and teachers, explains in practical terms the range and scope of an academic subject at university level and where it can lead in terms of careers or further study. Each book sets out to enthuse the reader about its subject and answer the crucial questions that a college prospectus does not.
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Marcus Collins | Peter Stearns
Why Study History?
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Marcus Collins is Senior Lecturer in Cultural History at Loughborough University and an elected member of the Council of the Royal Historical Society. A specialist on popular culture and social change in Britain since 1945, he is the author of "The Beatles and Sixties Britain" (Cambridge University Press, 2020) and "Modern Love: An Intimate History of Men and Women in Twentieth-Century Britain" (Atlantic Books, 2003), and the editor of "The Permissive Society and Its Enemies: Sixties British Culture" (Rivers Oram Press, 2007).
Content
- Praise for Why Study History?
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1. Getting Started: Making the Most of History
- Part I. Skills and Jobs: The Results of Historical Study
- Chapter 2. Meeting Needs: The Reasons to Study History
- Chapter 3. Careers for History Graduates
- Part II. How History Is Structured
- Chapter 4. History in Time and Place: The Common Units of Historical Study
- Chapter 5. The History Advantage: The Dynamic Range of Historical Study
- Part III. Studying History at College and University
- Chapter 6. Evaluating History Programmes
- Chapter 7. Learning History as an Undergraduate
- Part IV. History as a Public Good
- Chapter 8. In Public Service: Why Society Needs History and Historians
- Conclusion
- Appendix. How Students Experience UK History Degrees
- Endnotes
- About the Authors
