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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Historical analysis Historical analysis Richard E. Beringer Responding to the rapidly increasing use of interdisciplinary approaches to evaluate historical events and ideas, this volume addresses itself to both historical methodology and modern historiography… OL120374W
Histories and fallacies Histories and fallacies Carl R. Trueman How do we know the stories told by historians are true? To what extent can we rely on their interpretations of the past? Histories and Fallacies is a primer on the conceptual and methodological probl… OL15488688W
History Hunting History Hunting James W. Cortada James Cortada recounts his adventures over the past 50 years in this compelling blend of memoir and practical introduction to historical research. Each chapter opens with research stories retold with… OL16184486W
Librarians, historians, and new opportunities for discourse Librarians, historians, and new opportunities for discourse Joel D. Kitchens "This book stimulates informed dialogue between librarians and historians regarding the changing nature of history and the resultant needs for a wider variety of collections and library services, inc… OL16585335W
Historiography in the twentieth century Historiography in the twentieth century Georg G. Iggers Intellectual historian Georg G. Iggers examines the profound changes in ideas about the nature of history and historiography. He faces the basic assumptions upon which historical research and writing… OL1746279W
Re-thinking history Re-thinking history Keith Jenkins History means many things to many people. But finding an answer to the question 'What is history?' is a task few feel equipped to answer nowadays. And yet, at the same time, history has never been mo… OL1960706W
Empirico-Statistical Analysis of Narrative Material and its Applications to Historical Dating Empirico-Statistical Analysis of Narrative Material and its Applications to Historical Dating A. T. Fomenko These two volumes which concern mathematical statistical chronology represent a major, unique work and are the first of its kind published in the English language. A comprehensive set of mathematical… OL19847061W
Postmodernism for historians Postmodernism for historians Callum G. Brown Postmodernism isn't some kind of optional plug-in for your world view. It is a powerful explanation of how ideas work. If you want to explore ideas with an informed perspective on how they function, … OL2008223W
Corpus Linguistics and 17th-Century Prostitution Corpus Linguistics and 17th-Century Prostitution Anthony McEnery,Helen Baker Corpus linguistics has much to offer history, being as both disciplines engage so heavily in analysis of large amounts of textual material. This book demonstrates the opportunities for exploring cor… OL20595375W
Fortunes of history Fortunes of history Kelley, Donald R. "In Fortunes of History Donald R. Kelley offers an authoritative examination of historical writing during the "long nineteenth century" - the years from the French Revolution to those just after the … OL2640634W
Brutality and benevolence Brutality and benevolence Abel A. Alves "Cultural anthropology of the conquest and the establishment of the colonial system in the 16th century. Explores basic human sentiments - wonderment, hatred, brutality, compassion - using both the A… OL2985279W