Description: The Princeton Guide to Historical ResearchAuthor(s): Zachary Schrag Format: Paperback Publisher: Princeton University Press, United States Imprint: Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 9780691198224, 978-0691198224 Synopsis 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He shows how researchers extract knowledge from the widest range of sources, such as government documents, newspapers, unpublished manuscripts, images, interviews, and datasets.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 the 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
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Book Title: The Princeton Guide to Historical Research
Subject Area: Social Research
Item Height: 235 mm
Item Width: 156 mm
Series: Skills for Scholars
Author: Zachary Schrag
Publication Name: The Princeton Guide to Historical Research
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Subject: Writing & Reading, Classical Studies, History
Publication Year: 2021
Type: Reference
Number of Pages: 440 Pages
