| Description |
vi, 259 pages ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Routledge guides to using historical sources |
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Routledge guides to using historical sources.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Benjamin Ziemann and Miriam Dobson -- Pt. I. Reading primary sources: contexts and approaches -- 1. Understanding history: hermeneutics and source-criticism in historical scholarship / Philipp Muller -- 2. Reading texts after the linguistic turn: approaches from literary studies and their implications / Christoph Reinfandt -- Pt. II. Varieties of primary sources and their interpretation -- 3. Letters / Miriam Dobson -- 4. Surveillance reports / Moritz Follmer -- 5. Court files / Claudia Verhoeven -- 6. Opinion polls / Anja Kruke -- 7. Memoranda / Kristina Spohr Readman -- 8. Diaries / Christa Hammerle and Andrew Evans -- 9. Novels / Julia Reid -- 10. Autobiography / David Carlson -- 11. Newspapers / Stephen Vella -- 12. Speeches / Paul Readman -- 13. Testimony / Devin O. Pendas |
| Summary |
How does the historian approach primary sources? How do interpretations differ? How can they be used to write history? This book goes a long way to providing answers for these questions |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to ECHO (Ebrary) |
| Subject |
History -- Methodology.
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History, Modern -- 19th century -- Sources.
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History, Modern -- 20th century -- Sources.
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| Author |
Dobson, Miriam.
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Ziemann, Benjamin.
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ebrary, Inc.
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| LC no. |
2008018502 |
| ISBN |
0415429560 |
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0415429579 (paperback) |
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9780415429566 |
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9780415429573 (paperback) |
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