| Title | : | The Princeton Guide to Historical Research (Skills for Scholars) |
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| ISBN | : | 0691198225 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 978-0691198224 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle, Hardcover, Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 440 pages |
| Publication | : | Princeton University Press |
The Princeton Guide to Historical Research provides students, scholars, and professionals with the skills they need to practice the historian's craft in the digital age, while never losing sight of the fundamental values and techniques that have defined historical scholarship for centuries.
Zachary Schrag begins by explaining how to ask good questions and then guides readers step by step through all phases of historical research, from narrowing a topic and locating sources to taking notes, crafting a narrative, and connecting one's work to existing scholarship. He shows how researchers extract knowledge from the widest range of sources, such as government documents, newspapers, unpublished manuscripts, images, interviews, and datasets. He demonstrates how to use archives and libraries, read sources critically, present claims supported by evidence, tell compelling stories, and much.
Featuring a wealth of examples that illustrate the methods used by seasoned experts, The Princeton Guide to Historical Research reveals that, however varied the subject matter and sources, historians share basic tools in the quest to understand people and the choices they made.
Offers practical step by step guidance on how to do historical research, taking readers from initial questions to final publicationConnects new digital technologies to the traditional skills of the historianDraws on hundreds of examples from a broad range of historical topics and approachesShares tips for researchers at every skill level
The Princeton Guide to Historical Research (Skills for Scholars) Reviews
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thanks for sending this text which is likely to be of help in updating my ideas of methodology
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I was recently selected to complete a graduate program in history, so I purchased this book to help focus my efforts at developing a graduate thesis. This volume is a great intro to what it means to be a historian. It is also packed full of practical advice for how to
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The content of this book is quite good, but do not care for audiobook narrator. Very monotone, wish I would have purchased the Kindle version.
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I have not completed the book yet, but from an overview and a reading of the first few chapters the book is a comprehensive, up to date, salient, and extremely informative guide on carrying out historical research. I am using it for a project I am working on. The author
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I can't imagine a better overview on the topic of historical research and writing. Exactly what I was looking for. Wide in scope, generous with specifics, yet light and brief enough to take in quickly. I suspect this will be the type of book I return to many times as a
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I'm considering writing a family history, but I do not have any training. I didn't even take a history course in college. This book is easy to read and straight forward in its guidance for how to approach researching history. It discusses various sources with their pros
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I’m not a historian. I’m a politically scientist. However, I do historically adjacent research. This book has improved the quality of that research. I also plan on using this book for my high school world history curriculum. It demystifies a process that can be anxiety
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The book is fun, well written, and has literally everything you need to know about how to conduct historical research, and how to write graduate essays. Literally, look no further.
