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Research methods for history / edited by Simon Gunn and Lucy Faire. - ix, 246 pages ; 24 cm. - Research methods for the arts and humanities .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Why bother with method? / The essentials. Working with/in the archives / Approaching visual materials / Material culture / Landscape and place / Researching individuals and groups. Collective biography / Life stories and historical analysis / Quantitative and qualitative analysis. GIS, spatial technologies and digital mapping / Document to database and spreadsheet / Deciphering meanings. Reading language as a historical source / Analysing behaviour as performance / Rethinking categories. Ethics and historical research / Time, temporality and history / Simon Gunn and Lucy Faire -- Michelle T. King -- Ludmilla Jordanova -- Alan Mayne -- Jo Guldi -- Krista Cowman -- Alistair Thomson -- Keith D. Lilley -- R.J. Morris -- Julie-Marie Strange -- Simon Gunn -- William Gallois -- Prashant Kidambi. pt. 1. pt. 2. pt. 3. pt. 4. pt. 5.

ISBN: 9780748642045 (pbk.) 9780748642052 (hbk.)

LCCN: 2011535096

Subjects--Topical Terms:
History--Research.
Research--Methodology.

LC Class. No.: D16 / .R37 2012