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I had to read this book for a college course.
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The Historian's Toolbox: A Student's Guide to the Theory and Craft of History
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What is history and how do we learn about it? How has our understanding of history changed and developed over the years? How do historians and students actually go about "doing" history? In an engaging and entertaining style, this accessible "how-to" manual introduces readers to the theory, craft, and methods of history and provides a series of "tools" to help anyone read, research, and understand the past. The first half of the book is a stimulating overview of the key elements of history - evidence, narrative, judgment - that explores how the study and concepts of history have evolved over the centuries. The second half guides readers through the "workshop" of history. Unlocking the historian's "toolbox," it reveals the tricks of the trade, offering concrete examples and practical advice on the study, comprehension, and communication of history. The book covers myriad historical tools, including documents, sources, footnotes, arguments, bibliographies, chronologies, and many other items. It also examines professional ethics and controversial issues, such as plagiarism, historical hoaxes, and conspiracy theories. Brief and illuminating, and filled with fascinating historical information and stories, The Historian's Toolbox will inspire students and teachers alike as it cuts through the jargon and explains simply the "why," "what," and "how" of history.
224 pages, Paperback
First published March 1,2003
This edition
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224 pages, Paperback
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April 2, 2003 by Routledge
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9780765610935
- ASIN
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0765610930
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English
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Dit boek is handig voor het ontwikkelen van geschiedschrijving als student, dus ergens heeft het zijn doel wel behaald. Alleen de vorming is erg vlak en repetitief naar mijn mening. Veel hoofdstukken bestaan voor circa 90% aan voorbeelden. Er zijn weinig kernzinnen die me raken en de voorbeelden zouden niet slecht hoeven te zijn, maar het is erg Amerikaans. Veel voorbeelden zijn met talloze namen van mensen die waarschijnlijk in Amerika een grote rol spelen, maar een vage mist zijn voor mijn Hollandse basiskennis.
Het tweede kritiek is dat er heel veel herhaling in zit. Daardoor zijn de geringe mate van theorie die in de overige 10% zit ook nog eens herhaald.
Als laatste merk ik dat er weinig een rode draad in zit.
Over het algemeen dus een nuttig boek, maar jammer dat het in deze vorm is geschreven.
Het tweede kritiek is dat er heel veel herhaling in zit. Daardoor zijn de geringe mate van theorie die in de overige 10% zit ook nog eens herhaald.
Als laatste merk ik dat er weinig een rode draad in zit.
Over het algemeen dus een nuttig boek, maar jammer dat het in deze vorm is geschreven.
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Good information for beginners.
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Considering how dry and boring the topic is (academic skills of history writing), Williams did a great job making it interesting. He virtually bombs the reader with random historical fact related to each academic skill (I quite enjoy random historical facts; who doesn't?).
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Read this for a history class and I quite honestly learned nothing.
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William writes an excellently researched historiography book to help students in the history field know how to write as well as analyze history. He includes lots of examples from all over history to make his point and writes it in easy short chapters to understand. Overall I think this was a great book.
My only problem with it was the blatant disrespect and trashy comments about our former President Trump (at least in the most recent edition. It’s one thing to dislike him. it’s another to bash him in a book while he is president that he has no part in. Bashing him and the people who follow him show too much of your opinion on present political problems when there are other people years before that could have sufficed to make his point just as good. Again that was my only problem with it giving this book a
4/5 stars.
My only problem with it was the blatant disrespect and trashy comments about our former President Trump (at least in the most recent edition. It’s one thing to dislike him. it’s another to bash him in a book while he is president that he has no part in. Bashing him and the people who follow him show too much of your opinion on present political problems when there are other people years before that could have sufficed to make his point just as good. Again that was my only problem with it giving this book a
4/5 stars.
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Interesting information regarding the development of history at the beginning of the book but not much new insight.
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Just something I picked up on a whim from the library stacks.
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