£22.49
Publication Date:
12 Jan 2017
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
Imprint:
Bloomsbury Academic
For delivery:
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Description
*** PROSE Award Winner (2018) in the Textbook/Humanities Category ***A Practical Guide to Studying History is the perfect guide for students embarking on degree-level study. 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 illustrationsThe book incorporates case studies taken from a range of regions and periods, reflecting the varied nature of historical study at university, and helps students to understand history, and to practice it successfully: it is an indispensable guide to studying history.
Contents
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
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