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Researching urban space and the built environment is an accessible guide for historians keen to explore the spatial dimensions of the past. Written in a clear and lively style, it equips readers with the tools to effectively plan, research and write innovative spatial histories.

By outlining and summarizing the theories and methodologies particularly pertinent to spatial research, and by providing hands-on advice on locating evidence and archives, the book supports researchers in the development of their own original projects. Through engagement with a rich array of primary evidence and useful historiographical case-studies, the guide opens up a huge variety of research possibilities. This book is the ideal research companion for undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as independent researchers. It is especially tailored for students in history and related disciplines in the humanities encountering spatial themes and methodologies for the first time.



Table of Contents

Introduction: Researching urban space and the built environment
1: Theories and approaches to space and place
2: Planning a research project
3: Developing a methodology
4: Locating primary sources
5: Analysing primary sources
6: Writing up findings
Select bibliography
Index

Researching Urban Space and the Built Environment

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      Publisher Manchester University Press
      Published 2 August 2022
      ISBN-13 9781526133601
      978-1526133601
      ISBN-10 1526133601
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Researching urban space and the built environment is an accessible guide for historians keen to explore the spatial dimensions of the past. Written in a clear and lively style, it equips readers with the tools to effectively plan, research and write innovative spatial histories.

      By outlining and summarizing the theories and methodologies particularly pertinent to spatial research, and by providing hands-on advice on locating evidence and archives, the book supports researchers in the development of their own original projects. Through engagement with a rich array of primary evidence and useful historiographical case-studies, the guide opens up a huge variety of research possibilities. This book is the ideal research companion for undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as independent researchers. It is especially tailored for students in history and related disciplines in the humanities encountering spatial themes and methodologies for the first time.



      Table of Contents

      Introduction: Researching urban space and the built environment
      1: Theories and approaches to space and place
      2: Planning a research project
      3: Developing a methodology
      4: Locating primary sources
      5: Analysing primary sources
      6: Writing up findings
      Select bibliography
      Index

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