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From reliable sources : an introduction to historical methods / Martha Howell and Walter Prevenier.
LIBRA D16 .H713 2001
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Howell, Martha C.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History--Methodology.
- History.
- History--Research.
- Historiography.
- History--Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 207 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2001.
- Contents:
- I. The Source: The Basis of Our Knowledge about the Past 17
- A. What Is a Source? 17
- B. Source Typologies, Their Evolution and Complementarity 20
- C. The Impact of Communication and Information Technology on the Production of Sources 28
- D. Storing and Delivering Information 34
- II. Technical Analysis of Sources 43
- A. Clio's Laboratory 44
- 1. Paleography 44
- 2. Diplomatics 46
- 3. Archaeology 46
- 4. Statistics 50
- 5. Additional Technical Tools 56
- B. Source Criticism: The Great Tradition 60
- 1. The "Genealogy" of the Document 61
- 2. Genesis of a Document 62
- 3. The "Originality" of the Document 63
- 4. Interpretation of the Document 64
- 5. Authorial Authority 65
- 6. Competence of the Observer 66
- 7. The Trustworthiness of the Observer 68
- III. Historical Interpretation: The Traditional Basics 69
- A. Comparison of Sources 69
- B. Establishing Evidentiary Satisfaction 79
- C. The "Facts" That Matter 84
- IV. New Interpretive Approaches 88
- A. Interdisciplinarity 89
- 1. The Social Sciences 89
- 2. The Humanities 99
- B. The Politics of History Writing 109
- 1. The Annales 110
- 2. The "New Left" and New Histories 112
- 3. The New Cultural History 115
- V. The Nature of Historical Knowledge 119
- A. Change and Continuity 119
- B. Causality 127
- 1. Causal Factors 131
- a. Religious Ideology, Clericalism, and Anticlericalism 132
- b. Social and Economic Factors 132
- c. Biology and "Race" 135
- d. Environment 136
- e. Science, Technology, and Inventions 137
- f. Power 138
- g. Public Opinion and the Mass Media 139
- 2. The Role of the Individual 140
- C. History Today 143
- 1. The Problem of Objectivity 146
- 2. The Status of the "Fact" 148.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [151]-195) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0801435730
- 0801485606
- OCLC:
- 45493347
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