{"product_id":"from-reliable-sources-9780801485602","title":"From Reliable Sources","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA lively introduction to historical methodology, an overview of the techniques historians must master in order to reconstruct the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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, January 2002, Vol. 39, No. 5\u003cbr\u003e\"If the best historians, beginning with Thucydides, have been skeptical of metaphysical absolutes, they have also been reluctant to immerse themselves in antiquarianism. The present book draws strength from this tension.\"—Charles Sullivan, Common Knowledge, 2003\u003cbr\u003e\"Historians generally have had to work out for themselves the different ways to read and use sources, the issue of how much we actually can learn from the past, the different ways that historical questions have been asked, and the uses to which history can be put. From Reliable Sources makes this process easier by laying out the principal elements of historiography and source criticism. No one, after reading this book, will be able to think again of sources as unproblematic conveyors of simple facts.\"—Constance Brittain Bouchard, University of Akron\u003cbr\u003e\"Both learned and informative, From Reliable Sources is clearly the outcome of extensive archival and critical experience. With its accessible balance of exposition and example, it is also a pleasure to read. There is nothing else like this in English.\"—Isabel V. Hull, Cornell University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI. The Source: The Basis of Our Knowledge about the Past\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A. What Is a Source?\u003cbr\u003e B. Source Typologies, Their Evolution and Complementarity\u003cbr\u003e C. The Impact of Communication and Information Technology on the Production of Sources\u003cbr\u003e D. Storing and Delivering Information\u003cb\u003eII. Technical Analysis of Sources\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A. Clio's Laboratory\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaleography\u003cbr\u003e Diplomatics\u003cbr\u003e Archaeology\u003cbr\u003e Statistics\u003cbr\u003e Additional Technical Tools\u003c\/i\u003eB. Source Criticism: The Great Tradition\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe \"Genealogy\" of the Document\u003cbr\u003e Genesis of a Document\u003cbr\u003e The \"Originality\" of the Document\u003cbr\u003e Interpretation of the Document\u003cbr\u003e Authorial Authority\u003cbr\u003e Competence of the Observer\u003cbr\u003e The Trustworthiness of the Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII. Historical Interpretation: The Traditional Basics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A. Comparison of Sources\u003cbr\u003e B. Establishing Evidentiary Satisfaction\u003cbr\u003e C. The \"Facts\" That Matter\u003cb\u003eIV. New Interpretive Approaches\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A. Interdisciplinarity\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Social Sciences\u003cbr\u003e The Humanities\u003c\/i\u003eB. The Politics of History Writing\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003eAnnales\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe \"New Left\" and New Histories\u003cbr\u003e The New Cultural History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eV. The Nature of Historical Knowledge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A. Change and ContinuityB. Causality\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCausal 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)\u003cbr\u003e The Role of the Individual\u003c\/i\u003eC. History Today\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Problem of Objectivity\u003cbr\u003e The Status of the \"Fact\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eResearch Bibliography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405168484695,"sku":"9780801485602","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801485602.jpg?v=1730488963","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/from-reliable-sources-9780801485602","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}