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Research methods for history / edited by Simon Gunn and Lucy Faire.

Contributor(s): Series: Research methods for the arts and humanitiesPublisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2016Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 online resource (25 entries) : 9 images ; digital filesContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781786841414
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 907.2 23
LOC classification:
  • D16 .R37 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: why bother with method? / Simon Gunn and Lucy Faire -- Working with/in the archives / Michelle T. King -- Approaching visual materials / Ludmilla Jordanova -- Material culture / Alan Mayne -- Landscape and place / Jo Guldi -- Collective biography / Krista Cowman -- Life stories and historical analysis / Alistair Thomson -- GIS, spatial technologies and digital mapping / Keith Lilley and Catherine Porter -- Document to database and spreadsheet / R.J. Morris -- Digital research / Bob Nicholson -- Reading language as a historical source / Julie-Marie Strange -- Analysing behaviour as performance / Simon Gunn -- Ethics and historical research / William Gallois -- Time, temporality and history / Prashant Kidambi.
Abstract: This updated edition brings students the sources, techniques and concepts needed for effective historical research in both the physical and digital archives. Each chapter introduces a different research method. These range from the established, such as archival research, to the less widely known, such as GIS (Geographical Information Systems), and recent trends, such as textual analysis and material culture studies.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Ebook Ebook NMC Library Credo Reference Online D16 .R37 2016 EBOOK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available online - NMC Login required 518743

Previous edition: 2012.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: why bother with method? / Simon Gunn and Lucy Faire -- Working with/in the archives / Michelle T. King -- Approaching visual materials / Ludmilla Jordanova -- Material culture / Alan Mayne -- Landscape and place / Jo Guldi -- Collective biography / Krista Cowman -- Life stories and historical analysis / Alistair Thomson -- GIS, spatial technologies and digital mapping / Keith Lilley and Catherine Porter -- Document to database and spreadsheet / R.J. Morris -- Digital research / Bob Nicholson -- Reading language as a historical source / Julie-Marie Strange -- Analysing behaviour as performance / Simon Gunn -- Ethics and historical research / William Gallois -- Time, temporality and history / Prashant Kidambi.

This updated edition brings students the sources, techniques and concepts needed for effective historical research in both the physical and digital archives. Each chapter introduces a different research method. These range from the established, such as archival research, to the less widely known, such as GIS (Geographical Information Systems), and recent trends, such as textual analysis and material culture studies.

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