| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 246 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Research methods for the arts and humanities |
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Research methods for the arts and humanities.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Why bother with method? / Simon Gunn and Lucy Faire -- pt. 1. The essentials. Working with/in the archives / Michelle T. King -- Approaching visual materials / Ludmilla Jordanova -- Material culture / Alan Mayne -- Landscape and place / Jo Guldi -- pt. 2. Researching individuals and groups. Collective biography / Krista Cowman -- Life stories and historical analysis / Alistair Thomson -- pt. 3. Quantitative and qualitative analysis. GIS, spatial technologies and digital mapping / Keith D. Lilley -- Document to database and spreadsheet / R.J. Morris -- pt. 4. Deciphering meanings. Reading language as a historical source / Julie-Marie Strange -- Analysing behaviour as performance / Simon Gunn -- pt. 5. Rethinking categories. Ethics and historical research / William Gallois -- Time, temporality and history / Prashant Kidambi |
| Summary |
Providing a lively critical survey of methods for historical research at all levels, this textbook covers well-established sources and methods together with those that are less widely known. It reflects current theoretical and technical approaches to historical research in the humanities, including cultural and political history |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
History -- Research.
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Research -- Methodology.
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HISTORY -- Historiography.
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History -- Research.
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Research -- Methodology.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gunn, Simon, 1954- editor.
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Faire, Lucy, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780748654024 |
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074865402X |
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9780748654048 |
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0748654046 |
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