A Practical Guide to Studying History
Skills and Approaches
1st Edition
Published on 12. January 2017
352 pages
978-1-4725-3009-7 (ISBN)
Description
*** PROSE Award Winner (2018) in the Textbook/Humanities Category ***
A Practical Guide to Studying History is the perfect guide for first-year history students. The book:
- introduces students to the concepts of historical objectivity, frameworks and debate
- explains the differences in aims, methods and audiences for different types of history
- explores the relationship between the skills developed during a history undergraduate degree and the practice of professional history
- helps students develop the practical skills required to read historical writing critically, write good essays, and participate in historical debates
- includes study questions, further reading lists, text boxes, maps and illustrations
The book incorporates case studies taken from a range of regions and periods, reflecting the varied nature of historical study, and helps students to understand history, and to practice it successfully: it is an indispensable guide to studying history.
A Practical Guide to Studying History is the perfect guide for first-year history students. The book:
- introduces students to the concepts of historical objectivity, frameworks and debate
- explains the differences in aims, methods and audiences for different types of history
- explores the relationship between the skills developed during a history undergraduate degree and the practice of professional history
- helps students develop the practical skills required to read historical writing critically, write good essays, and participate in historical debates
- includes study questions, further reading lists, text boxes, maps and illustrations
The book incorporates case studies taken from a range of regions and periods, reflecting the varied nature of historical study, and helps students to understand history, and to practice it successfully: it is an indispensable guide to studying history.
More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
25 bw illus
ISBN-13
978-1-4725-3009-7 (9781472530097)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
01/2017
Bloomsbury Academic
€31.50
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Person
Tracey Loughran is Professor of History at the University of Essex, UK. She is the author of Shell-Shock and Medical Culture in First World War Britain (2017).
Content
List of Illustrations
Introduction - Tracey Loughran (Cardiff University, UK)
Part I: Framing Histories
Introduction: Frameworks and Perspectives - Tracey Loughran (Cardiff University, UK)
1. Nations - Mark Williams (Cardiff University, UK)
2. Periodization - Shaun Tougher (Cardiff University, UK)
3. Comparative Histories - Chiara Beccalossi (University of Lincoln, UK)
4. Biography - Toby Thacker (Cardiff University, UK)
5. People's History - Martin Wright (Cardiff University, UK)
6. Identities - Siobhan McGurk (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
Part II: The Historian's Craft
Introduction - Tracey Loughran (Cardiff University, UK)
7. Historical Research - Garthine Walker (Cardiff University, UK)
8. Evidence and Interpretation - Kevin Passmore (Cardiff University, UK)
9. Archives - Federica Ferlanti (Cardiff University, UK)
10. Documents, Editions and Translations - Helen J. Nicholson (Cardiff University, UK)
11. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Sources for Essays - Keir Waddington (Cardiff University, UK)
12. Reading and Writing History - Tracey Loughran (Cardiff University, UK)
Part III: History in Public
Introduction - Tracey Loughran (Cardiff University, UK)
13. History in Schools - Lloyd Bowen (Cardiff University, UK)
14. History and Policy - Matthew Grant (University of Essex, UK)
15. Historical Novels - Tracey Loughran (Cardiff University, UK)
16. History and Heritage - Stephanie Ward (Cardiff University, UK)
17. Exhibiting History - Jane Hamlett (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)
18. Taking History into the World - Dave Wyatt (Cardiff University, UK)
Index
Introduction - Tracey Loughran (Cardiff University, UK)
Part I: Framing Histories
Introduction: Frameworks and Perspectives - Tracey Loughran (Cardiff University, UK)
1. Nations - Mark Williams (Cardiff University, UK)
2. Periodization - Shaun Tougher (Cardiff University, UK)
3. Comparative Histories - Chiara Beccalossi (University of Lincoln, UK)
4. Biography - Toby Thacker (Cardiff University, UK)
5. People's History - Martin Wright (Cardiff University, UK)
6. Identities - Siobhan McGurk (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
Part II: The Historian's Craft
Introduction - Tracey Loughran (Cardiff University, UK)
7. Historical Research - Garthine Walker (Cardiff University, UK)
8. Evidence and Interpretation - Kevin Passmore (Cardiff University, UK)
9. Archives - Federica Ferlanti (Cardiff University, UK)
10. Documents, Editions and Translations - Helen J. Nicholson (Cardiff University, UK)
11. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Sources for Essays - Keir Waddington (Cardiff University, UK)
12. Reading and Writing History - Tracey Loughran (Cardiff University, UK)
Part III: History in Public
Introduction - Tracey Loughran (Cardiff University, UK)
13. History in Schools - Lloyd Bowen (Cardiff University, UK)
14. History and Policy - Matthew Grant (University of Essex, UK)
15. Historical Novels - Tracey Loughran (Cardiff University, UK)
16. History and Heritage - Stephanie Ward (Cardiff University, UK)
17. Exhibiting History - Jane Hamlett (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)
18. Taking History into the World - Dave Wyatt (Cardiff University, UK)
Index
