The Resource Writing History! : a Companion for Historians
Writing History! : a Companion for Historians
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The item Writing History! : a Companion for Historians represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.
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- Summary
- Historians not only have knowledge of history, but by writing about it and engaging with other historians from the past and present, they make history themselves. This companion offers young historians clear guidelines for the different phases of historical research; how do you get a good historical question? How do you engage with the literature? How do you work with sources from the past, from archives to imagery and objects, art, or landscapes? What is the influence of digitalization of the historical craft? Broad in scope, Writing History! also addresses historians' traditional support of policy makers and their activity in fields of public history, such as museums, the media, and the leisure sector, and offers support for developing the necessary skills for this wide range of professions
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (168 pages)
- Note
- 4.4.4 Rules for annotation
- Contents
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- Intro; Introduction; Structure of the book; 1 Historical research: The importance of the research question; 1.1 Subject and research question; 1.1.1 Designating a subject; 1.1.2 Types of question: Descriptive, explanatory, exploratory; 1.1.3 The research question; 1.1.4 Criteria for historical research questions; 1.2 Orientation and questions: The historiographical context; 1.2.1 Status quaestionis; 1.2.2 The availability of sources; 1.2.3 Your own contribution to writing history; 1.3 Standpoint and historical debate; 1.3.1 Criticism and self-criticism
- 1.3.2 Defining your position: Facts, interpretations, and philosophical viewpoints1.4 The research plan: Questions, material and methods, planning; 1.4.1 Main question, sub-questions, structure; 1.4.2 Planning and feedback; 2 The building blocks of the historical method; 2.1 Primary and secondary sources; 2.1.1 Primary sources: Originating from the context; 2.1.2 Secondary sources: Academic historical literature; 2.2 Finding your way in academic historical literature; 2.2.1 Literature of all types and lengths: From textbooks to journal articles
- 2.2.2 Search strategies for literature research2.2.3 Looking further; 2.2.4 Consider your search results; 2.3 Orientation on primary sources: Can everything be a source?; 2.3.1 Sources in all shapes and sizes: From text to image and sound; 2.3.2 Interaction between sources and interpretation; 2.3.3 Access to collections of sources; 3 Applying the historical method; 3.1 Five steps towards a definitive research design; 3.1.1 After the provisional research question: Reading strategies on three levels; 3.1.2 Back to the research question; 3.1.3 Research into sources
- 3.1.4 The importance of source criticism3.2 Organising literature and sources; 3.2.1 Making a well-founded reading list; 3.2.2 Making notes; 3.2.3 Keeping a record of sources; 3.2.4 Practical tips for saving computer files; 3.3 Organisation is reasoning: Source criticism and the historical method; 3.3.1 'Silences' in texts; 3.3.2 Periodisation; 3.3.3 Selection; 3.3.4 Image analysis; 4 Writing history: Narrative and argument; 4.1 The structure of a historical text; 4.1.1 Introduction; 4.1.2 Introduction and preface; 4.1.3 The argument; 4.1.4 The conclusion
- 4.2 Guidelines for the division of paragraphs and sections4.2.1 One paragraph per point or one message per paragraph; 4.2.2 Examples of organising principles at paragraph level; 4.2.3 Section, subsection, subheadings; 4.3 Argument and debate; 4.3.1 The voice of the author in the historical account; 4.3.2 The voice of others in the historical account; 4.3.3 Original work and plagiarism; 4.3.4 Examples of one's own argument and references to others; 4.4 Questions of style; 4.4.1 Personal pronouns; 4.4.2 Past and present tenses; 4.4.3 General and specific statements
- Isbn
- 9789048537624
- Label
- Writing History! : a Companion for Historians
- Title
- Writing History!
- Title remainder
- a Companion for Historians
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Historians not only have knowledge of history, but by writing about it and engaging with other historians from the past and present, they make history themselves. This companion offers young historians clear guidelines for the different phases of historical research; how do you get a good historical question? How do you engage with the literature? How do you work with sources from the past, from archives to imagery and objects, art, or landscapes? What is the influence of digitalization of the historical craft? Broad in scope, Writing History! also addresses historians' traditional support of policy makers and their activity in fields of public history, such as museums, the media, and the leisure sector, and offers support for developing the necessary skills for this wide range of professions
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kamp, Jeanette
- Dewey number
- 907.2
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- D13
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Rümke, Sebas
- Van Rossum, Matthias
- Legêne, Susan
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Historiography
- Historiography
- Historiography
- Historiography
- Label
- Writing History! : a Companion for Historians
- Note
- 4.4.4 Rules for annotation
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Intro; Introduction; Structure of the book; 1 Historical research: The importance of the research question; 1.1 Subject and research question; 1.1.1 Designating a subject; 1.1.2 Types of question: Descriptive, explanatory, exploratory; 1.1.3 The research question; 1.1.4 Criteria for historical research questions; 1.2 Orientation and questions: The historiographical context; 1.2.1 Status quaestionis; 1.2.2 The availability of sources; 1.2.3 Your own contribution to writing history; 1.3 Standpoint and historical debate; 1.3.1 Criticism and self-criticism
- 1.3.2 Defining your position: Facts, interpretations, and philosophical viewpoints1.4 The research plan: Questions, material and methods, planning; 1.4.1 Main question, sub-questions, structure; 1.4.2 Planning and feedback; 2 The building blocks of the historical method; 2.1 Primary and secondary sources; 2.1.1 Primary sources: Originating from the context; 2.1.2 Secondary sources: Academic historical literature; 2.2 Finding your way in academic historical literature; 2.2.1 Literature of all types and lengths: From textbooks to journal articles
- 2.2.2 Search strategies for literature research2.2.3 Looking further; 2.2.4 Consider your search results; 2.3 Orientation on primary sources: Can everything be a source?; 2.3.1 Sources in all shapes and sizes: From text to image and sound; 2.3.2 Interaction between sources and interpretation; 2.3.3 Access to collections of sources; 3 Applying the historical method; 3.1 Five steps towards a definitive research design; 3.1.1 After the provisional research question: Reading strategies on three levels; 3.1.2 Back to the research question; 3.1.3 Research into sources
- 3.1.4 The importance of source criticism3.2 Organising literature and sources; 3.2.1 Making a well-founded reading list; 3.2.2 Making notes; 3.2.3 Keeping a record of sources; 3.2.4 Practical tips for saving computer files; 3.3 Organisation is reasoning: Source criticism and the historical method; 3.3.1 'Silences' in texts; 3.3.2 Periodisation; 3.3.3 Selection; 3.3.4 Image analysis; 4 Writing history: Narrative and argument; 4.1 The structure of a historical text; 4.1.1 Introduction; 4.1.2 Introduction and preface; 4.1.3 The argument; 4.1.4 The conclusion
- 4.2 Guidelines for the division of paragraphs and sections4.2.1 One paragraph per point or one message per paragraph; 4.2.2 Examples of organising principles at paragraph level; 4.2.3 Section, subsection, subheadings; 4.3 Argument and debate; 4.3.1 The voice of the author in the historical account; 4.3.2 The voice of others in the historical account; 4.3.3 Original work and plagiarism; 4.3.4 Examples of one's own argument and references to others; 4.4 Questions of style; 4.4.1 Personal pronouns; 4.4.2 Past and present tenses; 4.4.3 General and specific statements
- Control code
- 1042325751
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (168 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9789048537624
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1042325751
- Label
- Writing History! : a Companion for Historians
- Note
- 4.4.4 Rules for annotation
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Intro; Introduction; Structure of the book; 1 Historical research: The importance of the research question; 1.1 Subject and research question; 1.1.1 Designating a subject; 1.1.2 Types of question: Descriptive, explanatory, exploratory; 1.1.3 The research question; 1.1.4 Criteria for historical research questions; 1.2 Orientation and questions: The historiographical context; 1.2.1 Status quaestionis; 1.2.2 The availability of sources; 1.2.3 Your own contribution to writing history; 1.3 Standpoint and historical debate; 1.3.1 Criticism and self-criticism
- 1.3.2 Defining your position: Facts, interpretations, and philosophical viewpoints1.4 The research plan: Questions, material and methods, planning; 1.4.1 Main question, sub-questions, structure; 1.4.2 Planning and feedback; 2 The building blocks of the historical method; 2.1 Primary and secondary sources; 2.1.1 Primary sources: Originating from the context; 2.1.2 Secondary sources: Academic historical literature; 2.2 Finding your way in academic historical literature; 2.2.1 Literature of all types and lengths: From textbooks to journal articles
- 2.2.2 Search strategies for literature research2.2.3 Looking further; 2.2.4 Consider your search results; 2.3 Orientation on primary sources: Can everything be a source?; 2.3.1 Sources in all shapes and sizes: From text to image and sound; 2.3.2 Interaction between sources and interpretation; 2.3.3 Access to collections of sources; 3 Applying the historical method; 3.1 Five steps towards a definitive research design; 3.1.1 After the provisional research question: Reading strategies on three levels; 3.1.2 Back to the research question; 3.1.3 Research into sources
- 3.1.4 The importance of source criticism3.2 Organising literature and sources; 3.2.1 Making a well-founded reading list; 3.2.2 Making notes; 3.2.3 Keeping a record of sources; 3.2.4 Practical tips for saving computer files; 3.3 Organisation is reasoning: Source criticism and the historical method; 3.3.1 'Silences' in texts; 3.3.2 Periodisation; 3.3.3 Selection; 3.3.4 Image analysis; 4 Writing history: Narrative and argument; 4.1 The structure of a historical text; 4.1.1 Introduction; 4.1.2 Introduction and preface; 4.1.3 The argument; 4.1.4 The conclusion
- 4.2 Guidelines for the division of paragraphs and sections4.2.1 One paragraph per point or one message per paragraph; 4.2.2 Examples of organising principles at paragraph level; 4.2.3 Section, subsection, subheadings; 4.3 Argument and debate; 4.3.1 The voice of the author in the historical account; 4.3.2 The voice of others in the historical account; 4.3.3 Original work and plagiarism; 4.3.4 Examples of one's own argument and references to others; 4.4 Questions of style; 4.4.1 Personal pronouns; 4.4.2 Past and present tenses; 4.4.3 General and specific statements
- Control code
- 1042325751
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (168 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9789048537624
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1042325751
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