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Embark on a transformative journey through time with **The Princeton Guide to Historical Research**. This essential handbook, published by Princeton University Press, is your ultimate resource for mastering historical research in the digital age. Whether you're a student, scholar, or professional historian, author Zachary Schrag offers a comprehensive guide that blends tradition with modern techniques. The guide will empower you to formulate compelling historical questions, navigate the intricacies of research, and effectively utilize diverse sources, from government documents to digital datasets.
With practical step-by-step guidance, this book equips you with the skills necessary to conduct thorough historical research, ensuring that you can extract valuable insights from a vast array of materials, including archives, unpublished manuscripts, and interviews. Schrag illustrates critical reading techniques and the art of presenting well-supported claims. Each chapter includes a plethora of examples that underscore the diverse methodologies employed by seasoned historians, showcasing how the basic tools of history transcend the variance of subjects.
Ideal for researchers of all experience levels, this guide remains anchored in the fundamental values of historical inquiry while embracing the tools offered by new digital technologies. **The Princeton Guide to Historical Research** isn't just a book; it’s your gateway to understanding historical narratives and making meaningful contributions to the field.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW. ISBN: 9780691210964. Format: Trade binding. Year: 2021.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780691210964
Format: Trade binding
Year: 2021
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Description:
The essential handbook for doing historical research in the twenty-first century The Princeton Guide to Historical Research provides students, scholars, and professionals with the skills they need to practice the historian's craft in the digital age, while never losing sight of the fundamental values and techniques that have defined historical scholarship for centuries. Zachary Schrag begins by explaining how to ask good questions and then guides readers step-by-step through all phases of historical research, from narrowing a topic and locating sources to taking notes, crafting a narrative, and connecting one's work to existing scholarship. He shows how researchers extract knowledge from the widest range of sources, such as government documents, newspapers, unpublished manuscripts, images, interviews, and datasets. He demonstrates how to use archives and libraries, read sources critically, present claims supported by evidence, tell compelling stories, and much more. Featuring a wealth of examples that illustrate the methods used by seasoned experts, The Princeton Guide to Historical Research reveals that, however varied the subject matter and sources, historians share basic tools in their quest to understand people and the choices they made. Offers practical step-by-step guidance on how to do historical research, taking readers from initial questions to final publication Connects new digital technologies to the traditional skills of the historian Draws on hundreds of examples from a broad range of historical topics and approaches Shares tips for researchers at every skill level
With practical step-by-step guidance, this book equips you with the skills necessary to conduct thorough historical research, ensuring that you can extract valuable insights from a vast array of materials, including archives, unpublished manuscripts, and interviews. Schrag illustrates critical reading techniques and the art of presenting well-supported claims. Each chapter includes a plethora of examples that underscore the diverse methodologies employed by seasoned historians, showcasing how the basic tools of history transcend the variance of subjects.
Ideal for researchers of all experience levels, this guide remains anchored in the fundamental values of historical inquiry while embracing the tools offered by new digital technologies. **The Princeton Guide to Historical Research** isn't just a book; it’s your gateway to understanding historical narratives and making meaningful contributions to the field.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW. ISBN: 9780691210964. Format: Trade binding. Year: 2021.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780691210964
Format: Trade binding
Year: 2021
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Description:
The essential handbook for doing historical research in the twenty-first century The Princeton Guide to Historical Research provides students, scholars, and professionals with the skills they need to practice the historian's craft in the digital age, while never losing sight of the fundamental values and techniques that have defined historical scholarship for centuries. Zachary Schrag begins by explaining how to ask good questions and then guides readers step-by-step through all phases of historical research, from narrowing a topic and locating sources to taking notes, crafting a narrative, and connecting one's work to existing scholarship. He shows how researchers extract knowledge from the widest range of sources, such as government documents, newspapers, unpublished manuscripts, images, interviews, and datasets. He demonstrates how to use archives and libraries, read sources critically, present claims supported by evidence, tell compelling stories, and much more. Featuring a wealth of examples that illustrate the methods used by seasoned experts, The Princeton Guide to Historical Research reveals that, however varied the subject matter and sources, historians share basic tools in their quest to understand people and the choices they made. Offers practical step-by-step guidance on how to do historical research, taking readers from initial questions to final publication Connects new digital technologies to the traditional skills of the historian Draws on hundreds of examples from a broad range of historical topics and approaches Shares tips for researchers at every skill level