A practical guide to studying history : skills and approaches /
edited by Tracey Loughran.
- xiii, 333 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- 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 pt. I. Framing histories -- Introduction : frameworks and perspectives / Tracey Loughran -- 1. Nations / Mark Williams -- 2. Periodization / Shaun Tougher -- 3. Comparative histories / Chiara Beccalossi -- 4. Biography / Toby Thacker -- 5. People's history / Martin Wright -- 6. Identities / Siobhan McGurk -- pt. II. The historian's craft -- Introduction / Tracey Loughran -- 7. Historical research / Garthine Walker -- 8. Evidence and interpretation / Kevin Passmore -- 9. Archives / Federica Ferlanti -- 10. Documents, editions and translations / Helen J. Nicholson -- 11. The good, the bad, and the ugly : sources for essays / Keir Waddington -- 12. Reading and writing history / Tracey Loughran -- pt. III. History in public -- Introduction / Tracey Loughran -- 13. History in schools / Lloyd Bowen -- 14. History and policy / Matthew Grant -- 15. Historical novels / Tracey Loughran -- 16. History and heritage / Stephanie Ward -- 17. Exhibiting history / Jane Hamlett -- 18. Taking history into the world / Dave Wyatt.
"An introduction to the fundamental skills and principles underpinning historical research and writing, and to the different contexts in which history is produced and consumed"--