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The Princeton Guide to Historical Research (Skills for Scholars)

Zachary M. Schrag

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Description:The essential handbook for doing historical research in the twenty-first centuryThe Princeton Guide to Historical Research provides students, scholars, and professionals with the skills they need to practice the historian's craft in the digital age, while never losing sight of the fundamental values and techniques that have defined historical scholarship for centuries.Zachary Schrag begins by explaining how to ask good questions and then guides readers step-by-step through all phases of historical research, from narrowing a topic and locating sources to taking notes, crafting a narrative, and connecting one's work to existing scholarship. He shows how researchers extract knowledge from the widest range of sources, such as government documents, newspapers, unpublished manuscripts, images, interviews, and datasets. He demonstrates how to use archives and libraries, read sources critically, present claims supported by evidence, tell compelling stories, and much more.Featuring a wealth of examples that illustrate the methods used by seasoned experts, The Princeton Guide to Historical Research reveals that, however varied the subject matter and sources, historians share basic tools in the quest to understand people and the choices they made.Offers practical step-by-step guidance on how to do historical research, taking readers from initial questions to final publicationConnects new digital technologies to the traditional skills of the historianDraws on hundreds of examples from a broad range of historical topics and approachesShares tips for researchers at every skill levelWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Princeton Guide to Historical Research (Skills for Scholars). To get started finding The Princeton Guide to Historical Research (Skills for Scholars), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The essential handbook for doing historical research in the twenty-first centuryThe Princeton Guide to Historical Research provides students, scholars, and professionals with the skills they need to practice the historian's craft in the digital age, while never losing sight of the fundamental values and techniques that have defined historical scholarship for centuries.Zachary Schrag begins by explaining how to ask good questions and then guides readers step-by-step through all phases of historical research, from narrowing a topic and locating sources to taking notes, crafting a narrative, and connecting one's work to existing scholarship. He shows how researchers extract knowledge from the widest range of sources, such as government documents, newspapers, unpublished manuscripts, images, interviews, and datasets. He demonstrates how to use archives and libraries, read sources critically, present claims supported by evidence, tell compelling stories, and much more.Featuring a wealth of examples that illustrate the methods used by seasoned experts, The Princeton Guide to Historical Research reveals that, however varied the subject matter and sources, historians share basic tools in the quest to understand people and the choices they made.Offers practical step-by-step guidance on how to do historical research, taking readers from initial questions to final publicationConnects new digital technologies to the traditional skills of the historianDraws on hundreds of examples from a broad range of historical topics and approachesShares tips for researchers at every skill levelWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Princeton Guide to Historical Research (Skills for Scholars). To get started finding The Princeton Guide to Historical Research (Skills for Scholars), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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