Practical Guide to Studying History

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Skills and Approaches

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

419 kr

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** 1st Edition - PROSE Award Winner (2018) in the Textbook/Humanities Category ***This accessible and award-winning introduction to the history discipline explains the latest methodological approaches and debates and serves as a practical handbook to guide students through their studies. The book examines the differences in aims, methods and audiences for different types of history and reflects on the relationship between the skills developed during a history undergraduate degree and the practice of professional history.A Practical Guide to Studying History encourages students to hone the skills needed to read historical writing critically, write good essays, and participate in historical debates. Incorporating case studies taken from a range of periods and regions around the world, reflecting the varied nature of historical study, the book helps students to understand the subject, and to practice it successfully: it is an indispensable guide to studying history.For the first time, this edition includes:* An improved structure with an added ‘From School to University’ section * 9 new chapters on ‘Making the Transition to University’, ‘Choosing Modules: Risks and Rewards’, ‘Decolonising History’, ‘Sexualities’, ‘What is Historiography?’, ‘Using Primary Sources’, ‘Doing History in a Digital World’, ‘Beyond Text: Objects as Historical Sources’, and ‘History and Activism’* Updated case studies throughout* 20 images, maps, study questions, further reading lists, and text boxes* A companion website which includes five additional chapters, author profiles and interviews, primary source analysis guides, and chapter-related seminar activity suggestions

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Utgivningsdatum2026-10-29
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor384
Upplaga2
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781350429369

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List of IllustrationsIntroduction Tracey Loughran (University of Essex, UK)Part 1: From School to UniversityIntroduction Tracey Loughran (University of Essex, UK)1. Making the Transition to University Matthew Grant (University of Essex, UK)2. Choosing Modules: Risks and Rewards Nicki Kindersley (Cardiff University, UK)3. Reading and Writing History Tracey Loughran (University of Essex, UK)4. Sources for Essays Keir Waddington (Cardiff University, UK)5. Historical Research for Undergraduates Garthine Walker (Cardiff University)Part 2: Framing HistoriesIntroduction Tracey Loughran (University of Essex, UK)6. Decolonising History Lydia Plath (University of Warwick, UK)7. Nations Mark Williams (Cardiff University, UK)8. Periodization Shaun Tougher (Cardiff University, UK)9. Sexualities Amy Tooth Murphy (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)10. Identities Siobhan McGurk (Independent Scholar, USA)11. What is Historiography? Tracey Loughran (University of Essex, UK)Part 3: The Historian’s CraftIntroduction Tracey Loughran (University of Essex, UK)12. Using Primary Sources Tracey Loughran (University of Essex, UK)13. Archives Federica Ferlanti (Cardiff University, UK)14. Doing History in a Digital World Chris Sparks and Daniel Todman (both Queen Mary, University of London, UK)15. Beyond Text: Objects as Historical Sources Leonie Hannan (Queen’s University Belfast, UK) and Sarah Longair (University of Lincoln, UK)16. Evidence & Interpretation Kevin Passmore (Cardiff University, UK)Part 4: History in PublicIntroduction Tracey Loughran (University of Essex, UK)17. History in Schools Lloyd Bowen (Cardiff University, UK)18. History and Policy Alix R. Green and Matthew Grant (both University of Essex, UK)19. Exhibiting History Jane Hamlett (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)20. History and Heritage Stephanie Ward (Cardiff University, UK)21. History and Activism Aleema Gray (University of Warwick)22. Taking History into the World David Wyatt (Cardiff University, UK)Index