Author : J. D. Fage
Publisher : Madison, Wis. : African Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,45 MB
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Oliver Joseph Thatcher
Publisher :
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 27,67 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN :
Author : Julie M. Porterfield
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 43,95 MB
Release : 2021-05-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 0838937438
This collection brings together the work of archivists, librarians, museum professionals, and other educators who evoke the power of primary sources to teach information literacy skills to a variety of audiences.
Author : W. E. B. Du Bois
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 772 pages
File Size : 48,64 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0684856573
The pioneering work in the study of the role of Black Americans during Reconstruction by the most influential Black intellectual of his time. This pioneering work was the first full-length study of the role black Americans played in the crucial period after the Civil War, when the slaves had been freed and the attempt was made to reconstruct American society. Hailed at the time, Black Reconstruction in America 1860–1880 has justly been called a classic.
Author : Miriam Dobson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 25,39 MB
Release : 2008-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1134086768
How does the historian approach primary sources? How do interpretations differ? How can they be used to write history? Reading Primary Sources goes a long way to providing answers for these questions. In the first part of this unique volume, the chapters give an overview of both traditional and new methodological approaches to the use of sources, analyzing the way that these have changed over time. The second part gives an overview of twelve different types of written sources, including letters, opinion polls, surveillance reports, diaries, novels, newspapers, and dreams, taking into account the huge expansion in the range of written primary sources used by historians over the last thirty years. This book is an up-to-date introduction into the historical context of these different genres, the ways they should be read, the possible insights and results these sources offer and the pitfalls of their interpretation. All of the chapters push the reader beyond a conventional understanding of source texts as mere "reflections" of a given reality, instead fostering an understanding of how each of the various genres has to be seen as a medium in its own right. Taking examples of sources from around the globe, and also including a student-friendly further reading section, this is the perfect companion for every student of history who wants to engage with sources.
Author : Laura Sangha
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 46,88 MB
Release : 2016-07-07
Category : History
ISBN : 1317222008
Understanding Early Modern Primary Sources is an introduction to the rich treasury of source material available to students of early modern history. During this period, political development, economic and social change, rising literacy levels, and the success of the printing press, ensured that the State, the Church and the people generated texts and objects on an unprecedented scale. This book introduces students to the sources that survived to become indispensable primary material studied by historians. After a wide-ranging introductory essay, part I of the book, ‘Sources’, takes the reader through seven key categories of primary material, including governmental, ecclesiastical and legal records, diaries and literary works, print, and visual and material sources. Each chapter addresses how different types of material were produced, whilst also pointing readers towards the most important and accessible physical and digital source collections. Part II, ‘Histories’, takes a thematic approach. Each chapter in this section explores the sources that are used to address major early modern themes, including political and popular cultures, the economy, science, religion, gender, warfare, and global exploration. This collection of essays by leading historians in their respective fields showcases how practitioners research the early modern period, and is an invaluable resource for any student embarking on their studies of the early modern period.
Author : Garry Wills
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 44,23 MB
Release : 2012-12-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1439126453
The power of words has rarely been given a more compelling demonstration than in the Gettysburg Address. Lincoln was asked to memorialize the gruesome battle. Instead, he gave the whole nation "a new birth of freedom" in the space of a mere 272 words. His entire life and previous training, and his deep political experience went into this, his revolutionary masterpiece. By examining both the address and Lincoln in their historical moment and cultural frame, Wills breathes new life into words we thought we knew, and reveals much about a president so mythologized but often misunderstood. Wills shows how Lincoln came to change the world and to effect an intellectual revolution, how his words had to and did complete the work of the guns, and how Lincoln wove a spell that has not yet been broken.
Author : William St. Clair Tisdall
Publisher :
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 50,83 MB
Release : 1911
Category : Koran
ISBN :
Author : Lindsay H. Metcalf
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 16,20 MB
Release : 2020-11-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1684379083
In the late 1970s, grain prices had tanked, farm auction notices filled newspapers, and people had forgotten that food didn't grow in grocery stores. So, on February 5, 1979, thousands of tractors from all parts of the US flooded Washington, DC, in protest. Author Lindsay H. Metcalf, a journalist who grew up on a family farm, shares this rarely told story of grassroots perseverance and economic justice. In 1979, US farmers traveled to Washington, DC to protest unfair prices for their products. Farmers wanted fair prices for their products and demanded action from Congress. After police corralled the tractors on the National Mall, the farmers and their tractors stayed through a snowstorm and dug out the city. Americans were now convinced they needed farmers, but the law took longer. Boldly told and highlighted with stunning archival images, this is the story of the struggle and triumph of the American farmer that still resonates today.
Author : Robert Chadwell Williams
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,32 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9780765620262
The first part of the book is a stimulating intoduction to the key elements of history-evidence, narrative, judgement-that explores how the study and concepts of history have evolved over the centuries. The second part guides readers through the "workshop" of history. Unlocking the historian's "toolbox," it reveals the tricks of the trade including documents, sources, footnotes, bibiliographies, chronologies, and more. This section also covers issues of interpretation, speculation, professional ethics, and controversial issues such as plagiarism, historical hoaxes, and conspiracy theories.
