Reference Sources in History
Reference Sources in History

Author: Ronald H. Fritze

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2004-03-09

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 1851095225

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Fully annotated and completely updated—the most comprehensive guide to reference books in the field of history. Reference Sources in History catalogs atlases, encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, sourcebooks, bibliographies, and chronologies and makes sense of it all. Its broad scope and systematic organization make it an accessible, reliable resource for experienced and inexperienced researchers alike. Fully annotated and updated, the new edition summarizes hundreds of reference works on every conceivable subject in history—from ancient to modern, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. This edition also reflects the dramatic impact of the digital revolution on historical research by integrating a wide range of Internet and CD-ROM sources. Reference Sources in History is a time-saving alternative to searching the reference stacks or getting lost in an online thicket of dubious historical websites.

American Empire
American Empire

Author: A. G. Hopkins

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2019-08-27

Total Pages: 1002

ISBN-13: 0691196877

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"Compelling, provocative, and learned. This book is a stunning and sophisticated reevaluation of the American empire. Hopkins tells an old story in a truly new way--American history will never be the same again."--Jeremi Suri, author of The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America's Highest Office.Office.

Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880
Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880

Author: W. E. B. Du Bois

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 772

ISBN-13: 0684856573

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The pioneering work in the study of the role of Black Americans during Reconstruction by the most influential Black intellectual of his time. This pioneering work was the first full-length study of the role black Americans played in the crucial period after the Civil War, when the slaves had been freed and the attempt was made to reconstruct American society. Hailed at the time, Black Reconstruction in America 1860–1880 has justly been called a classic.

Evidence Explained
Evidence Explained

Author: Elizabeth S Mills

Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Company

Published: 2024-05-17

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780806321370

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Citation style manual for every type of source record and media.

Going to the Sources
Going to the Sources

Author: Anthony Brundage

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13:

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Brundage has revised his popular book to render an even more detailed, practical and 'user friendly' tool for students faced with the researching and writing of a research paper or historiographical essay.

History Research Methodology in History
History Research Methodology in History

Author: Dr. Ashok Kamble

Publisher: Success Publication

Published: 2023-08-01

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13:

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Research Methodology in History involves systematic processes to gather, analyze, and interpret historical sources, enhancing our understanding of past events and their significance.

Historical Research
Historical Research

Author: Ryan Hester

Publisher: Scientific e-Resources

Published: 2018-05-25

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 1839474181

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Historical method comprises the techniques and guidelines by which historians use primary sources and other evidence, including the evidence of archaeology, to research and then to write histories in the form of accounts of the past. The question of the nature, and even the possibility, of a sound historical method is raised in the philosophy of history as a question of epistemology. The study of historical method and of different ways of writing history is known as historiography. This book undertakes historical research and provides invaluable advice and support with methodological analysis. History Research: Theory and Methods presents a clear practical guide to the study research and writing of history. Each stage of historical research is covered from the selection of a topic and the organization and evaluation of source material through to the completion of a typescript. The book focuses on the study of history provides detailed guidance on research methods and includes comprehensive information on stylistic conventions for presenting historical work.

Historical Research
Historical Research

Author: Elizabeth Ann Danto

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2008-09-16

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 0199715599

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What, exactly, was the Charity Organization Society? Was it a cluster of affluent women imposing their moral propriety on the poor in the early 20th Century? Or was it the first concerted effort to professionalize previously random, subjective allocations of benefits and entitlements? This book will help researchers explore systematically such fascinating questions and debates in social work and social welfare history. Mastering how to pose historical questions is as essential as finding the answers. This book, from its wide-ranging coverage of historiographic theory to detailed guidelines for conducting oral history and archival research, offers clear and practical research tools: how to design a study, select primary sources, understand the vocabulary of archives, determine useful secondary sources, and analyze them all. The book also features a guide to archives and special collections that details their holdings, access and locations, and research grants - essential knowledge for any researcher. The thrill of stumbling across unexplored data in the stacks of a library is notorious. Now, this clearly written pocket guide will help established scholars as well as doctoral students get the most out of historical data.