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*** PROSE Award Winner (2018) in the Textbook/Humanities Category ***
A Practical Guide to Studying History is the perfect guide for students embarking on degree-level study. The book:
- introduces students to the concepts of historical objectivity, frameworks and debate
- explains the differences in aims, methods and audiences for different types of history
- explores the relationship between the skills developed during a history undergraduate degree and the practice of professional history
- helps students develop the practical skills required to read historical writing critically, write good essays, and participate in historical debates
- includes study questions, further reading lists, text boxes, maps and illustrations
The book incorporates case studies taken from a range of regions and periods, reflecting the varied nature of historical study at university, and helps students to understand history, and to practice it successfully: it is an indispensable guide to studying history.
List of contents
List of Illustrations
Introduction -
Tracey Loughran (Cardiff University, UK)Part I: Framing HistoriesIntroduction: Frameworks and Perspectives -
Tracey Loughran (Cardiff University, UK)1. Nations -
Mark Williams (Cardiff University, UK)2. Periodization -
Shaun Tougher (Cardiff University, UK)3. Comparative Histories -
Chiara Beccalossi (University of Lincoln, UK)4. Biography -
Toby Thacker (Cardiff University, UK)5. People's History -
Martin Wright (Cardiff University, UK)6. Identities -
Siobhan McGurk (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)Part II: The Historian's CraftIntroduction -
Tracey Loughran (Cardiff University, UK)7. Historical Research -
Garthine Walker (Cardiff University, UK)8. Evidence and Interpretation -
Kevin Passmore (Cardiff University, UK)9. Archives -
Federica Ferlanti (Cardiff University, UK)10. Documents, Editions and Translations -
Helen J. Nicholson (Cardiff University, UK)11. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Sources for Essays -
Keir Waddington (Cardiff University, UK)12. Reading and Writing History -
Tracey Loughran (Cardiff University, UK)Part III: History in PublicIntroduction -
Tracey Loughran (Cardiff University, UK)13. History in Schools -
Lloyd Bowen (Cardiff University, UK)14. History and Policy -
Matthew Grant (University of Essex, UK)15. Historical Novels -
Tracey Loughran (Cardiff University, UK)16. History and Heritage -
Stephanie Ward (Cardiff University, UK)17. Exhibiting History -
Jane Hamlett (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)18. Taking History into the World -
Dave Wyatt (Cardiff University, UK)Index
About the author
Tracey Loughran is Professor of History at the University of Essex, UK. She is the author of Shell-Shock and Medical Culture in First World War Britain (2017).
Summary
*** PROSE Award Winner (2018) in the Textbook/Humanities Category ***
A Practical Guide to Studying History is the perfect guide for students embarking on degree-level study. The book:
- introduces students to the concepts of historical objectivity, frameworks and debate
- explains the differences in aims, methods and audiences for different types of history
- explores the relationship between the skills developed during a history undergraduate degree and the practice of professional history
- helps students develop the practical skills required to read historical writing critically, write good essays, and participate in historical debates
- includes study questions, further reading lists, text boxes, maps and illustrations
The book incorporates case studies taken from a range of regions and periods, reflecting the varied nature of historical study at university, and helps students to understand history, and to practice it successfully: it is an indispensable guide to studying history.
