Micro-Historian''s Guide to Research, Evidence, & Conclusions - Step By Step Research Planning Execution for Historians,

This book imparts useful guidance to motivated historians, genealogists, special-interest researchers, and local history enthusiasts. Topics include research planning & execution, evaluation of evidence, formulation of conclusions, and the crafting of a summary narrative.

About the author

Reginald W. Bacon is a museum and history professional with specialties in early American architecture and domestic life --- and early 20th-century music, vaudeville, and circus. His first career as a journalist and editor --- an old-school news reporter in the profession that "writes the first draft of history" ---built the foundation for his current books and research, as well as his work for museums and historic sites. A graduate of Syracuse University (Newhouse School of Public Communications; Maxwell School of Public Affairs) and Harvard (Museum Studies), he is the author of a dozen books on history and performing arts topics.

Summary

This book imparts useful guidance to motivated historians, genealogists, special-interest researchers, and local history enthusiasts. Topics include research planning & execution, evaluation of evidence, formulation of conclusions, and the crafting of a summary narrative.

Product details

• Authors: Reginald W. Bacon
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781538137390
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-3739-0
• No. of pages: 112
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Museum Administration & Museology, News media and journalism, Library, archive and information management, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Library & Information Sciences, Publishing industry & book trade, Research methods: general, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Academic & Scholarly