Description
Book SynopsisWidely acclaimed for its accessibility and engaging approach to the subject, the fourth edition of The Methods and Skills of History combines theory and instruction with hands-on practice, making it a comprehensive guide to historical research and writing.
Table of ContentsPreface xi
Part I Historical Thinking 1
1 The Uses of History 3
Exercises Set A 8
Exercises Set B 10
2 The Nature of History: History as Reconstruction 13
Exercises Set A 21
Exercises Set B 24
3 Historical Thinking: Continuity and Change 27
Exercises Set A 37
Exercises Set B 39
4 Historical Thinking: Multiple Causality in History 43
Exercises Set A 55
Exercises Set B 60
5 Historical Thinking: Context 65
Exercises Set A 73
Exercises Set B 77
6 History Writing: Telling a Story 83
Exercises Set A 91
Exercises Set B 98
Part II Confronting the Historical Account 101
7 Libraries: Real and Virtual 103
Exercises Set A 115
Exercises Set B 124
8 Reading History 131
Exercises Set A 141
Exercises Set B 149
9 History on Film 151
Exercise 165
Part III Doing History 167
10 Evidence 169
Exercises Set A 179
Exercises Set B 188
11 Oral Histories, Statistics, and Photographs 197
Exercises Set A 211
Exercises Set B 214
12 Interpretation 217
Exercises Set A 227
Exercises Set B 234
13 Writing For Your Reader 241
Exercises Set A 249
Exercises Set B 250
Part IV Historiography 253
14 The History of History 255
Exercise 269
15 History and the Disciplines 271
Exercises 279
Appendix A: Fur Trade on the Upper Missouri River: Documents 287
Appendix B: Source References and Bibliographies 295
Appendix C: Sample Oral History Release Form 299
Suggestions for Further Reading 301
Index 307
Writing Capsules
1. Coherent Paragraphs: The Topic Sentence 10
2. The Literature Review 35
3. Essays: The Introduction 76
4. Integrating Quotations 97
5. The Précis 148
6. Coherent Paragraphs: Transitions 244
