Research Methods for History

Name: Research Methods for History
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ISBN: 9780748642045

ISBN-10: 0748642048

ISBN-13: 9780748642045

Edition: 2011

Authors: Simon Gunn, Lucy Faire

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Written by an international group of experienced researchers, this is a guide to the sources, techniques and concepts needed for effective historical research studies.

Book details

List price: $26.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Publication date: 11/30/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 9.10" wide x 6.10" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Lucy Faire is Honorary Fellow in the Centre for Urban History at the University of Leicester. She specialises in the history of home and leisure. She is the co-author with Mark Jancovich of The Place of the Audience: Cultural Geographies of Film Consumption (BFI, 2003).



Acknowledgements


List of Figures and Tables



Introduction: Why Bother with Method?




The Essentials



Working With/In the Archives




Approaching Visual Materials




Material Culture




Landscape and Place




Researching Individuals and Groups



Collective Biography




Life Stories and Historical Analysis




Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis



GIS, Spatial Technologies and Digital Mapping




Document to Database and Spreadsheet




Deciphering Meanings



Reading Language as a Historical Source




Analysing Behaviour as Performance




Rethinking Categories



Ethics and Historical Research




Time, Temporality and History



Notes on Contributors


Index