Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
MICHAEL J. SALEVOURIS is Professor Emeritus of History at Webster University, St. Louis. In addition to various reviews and articles, he is the author of Learning American History: Critical Skills for the Survey Course (with Conal Furay, 1997), and Riflemen Form: The War Scare of 18591860 in England (1982).
The late CONAL FURAY was Professor Emeritus at Webster University, where he taught such courses as American Business History and The Western in Film and Story. He is the author of Learning American History: Critical Skills for the Survey Course (with Michael J. Salevouris, 1997), and The Grass-Roots Mind in America: The American Sense of Absolutes (1977).
Widely 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.
- Combines theory with hands-on practice in its introduction to historical methods
- Includes a series of field-tested exercises designed to make the research and writing of history more meaningful and accessible to readers
- Features expanded coverage of writing history and up-to-date coverage of online research
- Designed to strengthen students’ critical thinking and communication skills
Preface 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
Fourth Edition
The Methods and Skills of History
A Practical Guide
Widely acclaimed for its accessibility and engaging approach to the subject, the fourth edition of The Methods and Skills of History combines theory with hands-on practice in its comprehensive introduction to historical research and writing. The new edition preserves many of the features that users praised from previous editions, along with numerous updates in content, style, and organization. Revisions include an additional chapter on the treatment of historical writing, with an emphasis on history as storytelling. There is a more in-depth discussion of electronic research, including the pros and cons of online research and accessibility to and assessment of current online resources. A new section features the use of photos as evidence and expanded discussions of historical causality and gender-based history. As before, both old and new exercises draw on a wide variety of historical texts. This new edition of The Methods and Skills of History will continue to be an invaluable resource for students and instructors alike.
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
MICHAEL J. SALEVOURIS is Professor Emeritus of History at Webster University, St. Louis. In addition to various reviews and articles, he is the author of Learning American History: Critical Skills for the Survey Course (with Conal Furay, 1997), and Riflemen Form: The War Scare of 18591860 in England (1982).
The late CONAL FURAY was Professor Emeritus at Webster University, where he taught such courses as American Business History and The Western in Film and Story. He is the author of Learning American History: Critical Skills for the Survey Course (with Michael J. Salevouris, 1997), and The Grass-Roots Mind in America: The American Sense of Absolutes (1977).