This is a practical guide to the historical study of international politics. The focus is on the nuts and bolts of historical research--that is, on how to use original sources, analyze and interpret historical works, and actually write a work of history. Two appendixes provide sources sure to be indispensable for anyone doing research in this area. The book does not simply lay down precepts. It presents examples drawn from the author's more than forty years' experience as a working historian. One important chapter, dealing with America's road to war in 1941, shows in unprecedented detail how an interpretation of a major historical issue can be developed. The aim throughout is to throw open the doors of the workshop so that young scholars, both historians and political scientists, can see the sort of thought processes the historian goes through before he or she puts anything on paper. Filled with valuable examples, this is a book anyone serious about conducting historical research will want to have on the bookshelf.
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A practical guide to the historical study of international politics, this book focuses on the basics of historical research on how to use original sources, analyze and interpret historical works, and actually write a work of history. It includes two appendixes that provide important sources and examples relevant to this area.
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PREFACE vii CHAPTER ONE: The Theory of Historical Inquiry 1 CHAPTER TWO: Diplomatic History and International Relations Theory 30 CHAPTER THREE: The Critical Analysis of Historical Texts 51 CHAPTER FOUR: Developing an Interpretation through Textual Analysis: The 1941 Case 79 CHAPTER FIVE: Working with Documents 140 CHAPTER SIX: Starting a Project 169 CHAPTER SEVEN: Writing It Up 183 APPENDIX I: Identifying the Scholarly Literature 199 APPENDIX II: Working with Primary Sources 217 BIBLIOGRAPHY 257 INDEX 263
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One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2006 "A useful and invaluable handbook of international studies... [Guides] the readers into the basic techniques of historical research: how to design a scholarly project, build an essential bibliography, read historical texts, analyze primary sources and how to write the research conclusions... Especially recommended."--Maria Ines Tato, International Relations
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"Marc Trachtenberg has written a comprehensive, how-to manual for doing international history. There is nothing available like it."—Steven Van Evera, Massachusetts Institute of Technology"This is an important book, without question. It provides an extremely useful guide for graduate and undergraduate students who want to know more about thinking about international politics and conducting and presenting research. There is nothing in print that speaks as clearly and persuasively to students."—William Stueck, University of Georgia, author of The Korean War: An international History (Princeton)
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Marc Trachtenberg has written a comprehensive, how-to manual for doing international history. There is nothing available like it. -- Steven Van Evera, Massachusetts Institute of Technology This is an important book, without question. It provides an extremely useful guide for graduate and undergraduate students who want to know more about thinking about international politics and conducting and presenting research. There is nothing in print that speaks as clearly and persuasively to students. -- William Stueck, University of Georgia, author of "The Korean War: An international History" (Princeton)
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780691125695
Publisert
2006-03-13
Utgiver
Vendor
Princeton University Press
Vekt
397 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
P, U, 06, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
280

Forfatter

Biographical note

Marc Trachtenberg is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of a number of works on twentieth-century international politics, most notably "A Constructed Peace: The Making of the European Settlement, 1945 to 1963".