How to Study History

Name: How to Study History
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ISBN: 9780882957098

ISBN-10: 0882957090

ISBN-13: 9780882957098

Edition: 1967

Authors: Norman F. Cantor, Richard I. Schneider

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We have set down in this book the basic rules and principles of historical study that a student should bear in mind as he enters upon his first college history course. In our experience as college teachers of history, we have found that students need to be informed on the nature and methods of history as a distinct intellectual discipline, and we have tried to communicate this information in as direct and practical a way as possible.We have no only set before the college student the standards of excellence one should strive to attain in historical study; we have attempted to show, step by step, how to reach these goals. We have presented the methods and principles that appear to have the…

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List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 1967
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/15/1967
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 274
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English




A Commitment to Excellence


Why Study History?


Prerequisites for Studying History



A Matter of Definition



The Materials of History



How to Use Primary Sources


Basic Rules and Considerations


A Practical Exercise in the Explication of Primary Sources



How to Read Secondary Sources



A Practical Lesson in How to Read a History Book



Excursus on Auxiliary Disciplines


For Students in Survey Courses: How to Use a Textbook and Take Lecture Notes


For Potential and Beginning History Majors: Planning an Undergraduate History Program


For History Majors and Potential Graduate Students: Ancillary Materials and Disciplines



Forms of Historical Communication


Examinations


Book Reviews


Papers and Essays



Shaping and Historical Essay


Creative Historical Thinking


The Nature of Historical Proof



Research Techniques


How to Use the Library


Research Note-Taking



Historical Prose


The Qualities of Style


Problems in Expository Writing



Two Student Papers Critically Examined



Historiography and the Philosophy of History


Historiography as a Formal Subject


Main Trends and Problems in the Philosophy of History


Index