Research Methods for History
1st Edition
Published on 8. July 2016
288 pages
978-1-4744-0874-5 (ISBN)
Description
Historians have become increasingly sensitive to social and cultural theory since the 1980s, yet the actual methods by which research is carried out in History have been largely taken for granted. Research Methods for History encourages those researching the past to think creatively about the wide range of methods currently in use, to understand how these methods are used and what historical insights they can provide. This updated new edition has been expanded to cover not only sources and methods that are well-established in History, such as archival research, but also those that have developed recently, such as the impact of digital history research. The themes of the different chapters have been selected to reflect new trends in the subject, including landscape studies, material culture and ethics. Every chapter presents new insights and perspectives and will open researchers' minds to the expanding possibilities of historical research.
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Lucy Faire | Simon Gunn
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Research Methods for History
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07/2016
2nd Edition
Edinburgh University Press
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Content
- Intro
- Research Methods for History
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Figures and Tables
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Ch01 Introduction: Why Bother with Method?
- Ch02 Working With/In the Archives
- Ch03 Approaching Visual Materials
- Ch04 Material Culture
- Ch05 Landscape and Place
- Ch06 Collective Biography
- Ch07 Life Stories and Historical Analysis
- Ch08 GIS, Spatial Technologies and Digital Mapping
- Ch09 Document to Database and Spreadsheet
- Ch10 Digital Research
- Ch11 Reading Language as a Historical Source
- Ch12 Analysing Behaviour as Performance
- Ch13 Ethics and Historical Research
- Ch14 Time, Temporality and History
- Notes on Contributors
- Index
