From Reliable Sources An Introduction to Historical Methods

Name: From Reliable Sources An Introduction to Historical Methods
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ISBN: 9780801485602

ISBN-10: 0801485606

ISBN-13: 9780801485602

Edition: 2001

Authors: Martha Howell, Walter Prevenier

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List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 4/27/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Walter Prevenier is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Ghent (Belgium) and the author or coauthor of numerous books, including From Reliable Sources: An Introduction to Historical Methods , also from Cornell, and The Promised Lands: The Low Countries Under Burgundian Rule, 1369-1530 .



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Source: The Basis of Our Knowledge about the Past



What Is a Source?



Source Typologies, Their Evolution and Complementarity



The Impact of Communication and Information Technology on the Production of Sources



Storing and Delivering Information



Technical Analysis of Sources



Clio's Laboratory



Paleography



Diplomatics



Archaeology



Statistics



Additional Technical Tools



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 Observer



Historical Interpretation: The Traditional Basics



Comparison of Sources



Establishing Evidentiary Satisfaction



The "Facts" That Matter



New Interpretive Approaches



Interdisciplinarity



The Social Sciences



The Humanities



The Politics of History Writing



The Annales



The "New Left" and New Histories



The New Cultural History



The Nature of Historical Knowledge



Change and Continuity



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 Individual



History Today



The Problem of Objectivity



The Status of the "Fact"


Research Bibliography


Contents



Bibliographies, Guides, Dictionaries



Additional Readings on Selected Technical Topics



Basic Readings on Historiography and Theory


Index