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Widely acclaimed for its accessibility and engaging approach to the subject, the fourth edition of The Methods and Skills of History combines theory and instruction with hands-on practice, making it a comprehensive guide to historical research and writing. Combines theory with hands-on practice in its introduction to historical methods Includes a series of field-tested exercises designed to make the research and writing of history more meaningful and accessible to readers Features expanded coverage of writing history and up-to-date coverage of online research Designed to strengthen students' critical thinking and communication skills
Preface xi Part I Historical Thinking 1 1 The Uses of History 3 Exercises Set A 8 Exercises Set B 10 2 The Nature of History: History as Reconstruction 13 Exercises Set A 21 Exercises Set B 24 3 Historical Thinking: Continuity and Change 27 Exercises Set A 37 Exercises Set B 39 4 Historical Thinking: Multiple Causality in History 43 Exercises Set A 55 Exercises Set B 60 5 Historical Thinking: Context 65 Exercises Set A 73 Exercises Set B 77 6 History Writing: Telling a Story 83 Exercises Set A 91 Exercises Set B 98 Part II Confronting the Historical Account 101 7 Libraries: Real and Virtual 103 Exercises Set A 115 Exercises Set B 124 8 Reading History 131 Exercises Set A 141 Exercises Set B 149 9 History on Film 151 Exercise 165 Part III Doing History 167 10 Evidence 169 Exercises Set A 179 Exercises Set B 188 11 Oral Histories, Statistics, and Photographs 197 Exercises Set A 211 Exercises Set B 214 12 Interpretation 217 Exercises Set A 227 Exercises Set B 234 13 Writing For Your Reader 241 Exercises Set A 249 Exercises Set B 250 Part IV Historiography 253 14 The History of History 255 Exercise 269 15 History and the Disciplines 271 Exercises 279 Appendix A: Fur Trade on the Upper Missouri River: Documents 287 Appendix B: Source References and Bibliographies 295 Appendix C: Sample Oral History Release Form 299 Suggestions for Further Reading 301 Index 307 Writing Capsules 1. Coherent Paragraphs: The Topic Sentence 10 2. The Literature Review 35 3. Essays: The Introduction 76 4. Integrating Quotations 97 5. The Précis 148 6. Coherent Paragraphs: Transitions 244
