Martha Howell, Walter Prevenier

From Reliable Sources

An Introduction to Historical Methods

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A lively introduction to historical methodology, an overview of the techniques historians must master in order to reconstruct the past.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• A Translation and Adaptation of "Uit goede bron" b
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 344g
• ISBN-13: 9780801485602
• ISBN-10: 0801485606
• Artikelnr.: 22473420

Autorenporträt

Martha Howell and Walter Prevenier

Inhaltsangabe

I. The Source: The Basis of Our Knowledge about the Past
A. What Is a Source?
B. Source Typologies, Their Evolution and Complementarity
C. The Impact of Communication and Information Technology on the Production
of Sources
D. Storing and Delivering InformationII. Technical Analysis of Sources
A. Clio's Laboratory
Paleography
Diplomatics
Archaeology
Statistics
Additional Technical ToolsB. Source Criticism: The Great Tradition
The "Genealogy" of the Document
Genesis of a Document
The "Originality" of the Document
Interpretation of the Document
Authorial Authority
Competence of the Observer
The Trustworthiness of the ObserverIII. Historical Interpretation: The
Traditional Basics
A. Comparison of Sources
B. Establishing Evidentiary Satisfaction
C. The "Facts" That MatterIV. New Interpretive Approaches
A. Interdisciplinarity
The Social Sciences
The HumanitiesB. The Politics of History Writing
The Annales
The "New Left" and New Histories
The New Cultural HistoryV. The Nature of Historical Knowledge
A. Change and ContinuityB. Causality
Causal 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)
The Role of the IndividualC. History Today
The Problem of Objectivity
The Status of the "Fact"Research BibliographyIndex