Overview

Historians have become increasingly sensitive to social and cultural theory since the 1980s, yet the actual methods by which research is carried out in History have been largely taken for granted. Research Methods for History encourages those researching the past to think creatively about the wide range of methods currently in use, to understand how these methods are used and what historical insights they can provide. This updated new edition has been expanded to cover not only sources and methods that are well-established in History, such as archival research, but also those that have developed recently, such as the impact of digital history research. The themes of the different chapters have been selected to reflect new trends in the subject, including landscape studies, material culture and ethics. Every chapter presents new insights and perspectives and will open researchers’ minds to the expanding possibilities of historical research.

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Author:   Lucy Faire ,  Simon Gunn
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.398kg
ISBN:  

9780748642045

ISBN 10:   0748642048
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   30 November 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Why Bother with Method? Simon Gunn and Lucy Faire Part 1: The Essentials 2. Working With/In the Archives Michelle T. King 3. Approaching Visual Materials Ludmilla Jordanova 4. Material Culture Alan Mayne 5. Landscape and Place Jo Guldi Part 2: Researching Individuals and Groups 6. Collective Biography Krista Cowman 7. Life Stories and Historical Analysis Alistair Thomson Part 3: Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis 8. GIS, Spatial Technologies and Digital Mapping Keith Lilley 9. Document to Database and Spreadsheet R.J. Morris Part 4: Deciphering Meanings 10. Reading Language as an Historical Source Julie-Marie Strange 11. Analysing Behaviour as Performance Simon Gunn Part 5: Rethinking Categories 12. Ethics and Historical Research William Gallois 13. Time, Temporality and History Prashant Kidambi Notes on Contributors Index

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Simon Gunn is Professor of Urban History in the Centre for Urban History at the University of Leicester. He has taught and studied research methods in Historical Studies for a number of years. His publications include History and Cultural Theory (Longman, 2006) and The Public Culture of the Victorian Middle Class (MUP, 2000). He is joint editor of the Cambridge University Press journal, Urban History and co-editor with James Vernon of The Peculiarities of Liberal Modernity in Imperial Britain (University of California Press, 2010). 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).

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