Reading Primary Sources: The Interpretation of Texts from Nineteenth and Twentie

Reading Primary Sources: The Interpretation of Texts from Nineteenth and Twentie

Product Category : BooksISBN : 9780415429573Title : Reading Primary Sources: The Interpretation of Texts from Nineteenth and Twentieth Century History (Routledge Guides to Using Historical Sources)EAN : 9780415429573Binding : PaperbackPublisher : RoutledgePublication Date : 2008-07-17Pages : 272\nSynopsisHow does the historian approach primary sources? How do interpretations differ? How can they be used to write history? \""Reading Primary Sources\"" goes a long way to providing answers for these questions. In the first part of this unique volume, the chapters give an overview of both traditional and new methodological approaches to the use of sources, analysing the way that these have changed over time. The second part gives an overview of twelve different types of written sources, including letters, opinion polls, surveillance reports, diaries, novels, newspapers, and dreams, taking into account the huge expansion in the range of written primary sources used by historians over the la.

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