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Publication Date
2001-04-27
Pages
224
ISBN
9780801435737
Book Title
From Reliable Sources : an Introduction to Historical Methods
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Item Length
9 in
Publication Year
2001
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
0.9 in
Author
Walter Prevenier, Martha Howell
Genre
Reference, History
Topic
Historiography, Reference, General, Research
Item Weight
32.1 Oz
Item Width
6 in
Number of Pages
224 Pages
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Publisher
Cornell University Press
ISBN-10
0801435730
ISBN-13
9780801435737
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1838496

Product Key Features

Book Title
From Reliable Sources : an Introduction to Historical Methods
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Historiography, Reference, General, Research
Publication Year
2001
Genre
Reference, History
Author
Walter Prevenier, Martha Howell
Format
Hardcover

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Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
32.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

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Trade
LCCN
00-012624
Dewey Edition
21
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
907/.2
Table Of Content
I. The Source: The Basis of Our Knowledge about the Past A. What Is a Source? B. Source Typologies, Their Evolution and Complementarity C. The Impact of Communication and Information Technology on the Production of Sources D. Storing and Delivering Information II. Technical Analysis of Sources A. Clio's Laboratory Paleography Diplomatics Archaeology Statistics Additional Technical Tools B. Source Criticism: The Great Tradition The "Genealogy" of the Document Genesis of a Document The "Originality" of the Document Interpretation of the Document Authorial Authority Competence of the Observer The Trustworthiness of the Observer III. Historical Interpretation: The Traditional Basics A. Comparison of Sources B. Establishing Evidentiary Satisfaction C. The "Facts" That Matter IV. New Interpretive Approaches A. Interdisciplinarity The Social Sciences The Humanities B. The Politics of History Writing The Annales The "New Left" and New Histories The New Cultural History V. The Nature of Historical Knowledge A. Change and ContinuityB. Causality Causal Factors (Religious Ideology, Clericalism, and Anticlericalism; Social and Economic Factors; Biology and "Race"; Environment; Science, Technology, and Inventions; Power; Public Opinion and the Mass Media) The Role of the Individual C. History Today The Problem of Objectivity The Status of the "Fact" Research Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Among the books designed to teach aspiring historians proper procedures for their work, this volume ranks high....Readers will especially appreciate the care taken to show the link between methodological innovations and the historical contexts in which they occurred. Choice From Reliable Sources is a lively introduction to historical methodology, an overview of the techniques historians must master in order to reconstruct the past. Its focus on the basics of source criticism, rather than on how to find references or on the process of writing, makes it an invaluable guide for all students of history and for anyone who must extract meaning from written and unwritten sources. Martha Howell and Walter Prevenier explore the methods employed by historians to establish the reliability of materials; how they choose, authenticate, decode, compare, and, finally, interpret those sources. Illustrating their discussion with examples from the distant past as well as more contemporary events, they pay particular attention to recent information media, such as television, film, and videotape. The authors do not subscribe to the positivist belief that the historian can attain objective and total knowledge of the past. Instead, they argue that each generation of historians develops its own perspective, and that our understanding of the past is constantly reshaped by the historian and the world he or she inhabits. A substantially revised and updated edition of Prevenier's Uit goede bron , originally published in Belgium and now in its seventh edition, From Reliable Sources also provides a survey of western historiography and an extensive research bibliography., From Reliable Sources is a lively introduction to historical methodology, an overview of the techniques historians must master in order to reconstruct the past. Its focus on the basics of source criticism, rather than on how to find references or on the process of writing, makes it an invaluable guide for all students of history and for anyone who must extract meaning from written and unwritten sources. Martha Howell and Walter Prevenier explore the methods employed by historians to establish the reliability of materials; how they choose, authenticate, decode, compare, and, finally, interpret those sources. Illustrating their discussion with examples from the distant past as well as more contemporary events, they pay particular attention to recent information media, such as television, film, and videotape. The authors do not subscribe to the positivist belief that the historian can attain objective and total knowledge of the past. Instead, they argue that each generation of historians develops its own perspective, and that our understanding of the past is constantly reshaped by the historian and the world he or she inhabits. A substantially revised and updated edition of Prevenier's Uit goede bron , originally published in Belgium and now in its seventh edition, From Reliable Sources also provides a survey of western historiography and an extensive research bibliography., A lively introduction to historical methodology, an overview of the techniques historians must master in order to reconstruct the past.
LC Classification Number
D16.H713 2001

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