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Pursuit of History : Aims, Methods and New Directions in the Study of Modern History

ISBN: 9781405823517 | 1405823518
Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 2/17/2006

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
Reviews of the previous Edition:‘This is exactly the kind of book to recommend warmly to any student wanting a general introduction to the discipline of history. It is highly accessible and could as easily be handled by the general reader wanting to know what is happening to history today.' British Book News ‘Tosh provides an excellent introduction to methodology in history which will be read with advantage by historians at any stage of their development.' History ‘...admirably up-to-date, well-researched and written with the kind of brio which... MORE
Preface to the Fourth Editionvii
Preface to the Revised Third Editionviii
Preface to the Third Editionxviii
Publisher's acknowledgementsxxii
... MORE
Historical awareness
1(27)
The uses of history
28(29)
The raw materials
57(31)
Using the sources
88(26)
The themes of mainstream history
114(31)
Writing and interpretation
145(28)
The limits of historical knowledge
173(41)
History and social theory
214(43)
History by numbers
257(27)
Theories of meaning
284(26)
History by word of mouth
310(29)
Conclusion339(6)
Index345
John Tosh is Professor of History at Roehampton University Sean Lang is Research Fellow in History at Anglia Polytechnic University

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