03020cam a2200409 a 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020002500069020002200094035001300116035002100129035002400150040001800174041000800192050002000200082001700220245015500237260004400392300002500436490004900461504005100510520138200561650002601943650004401969650004402013650002802057650003202085650003102117700002702148700003102175830004902206856008302255856009102338856010602429856007502535BJBSDDR20230410105202.0ta080424s2009    enk      b    001 0 eng    a9780415429573 (pbk.)  a0415429579 (pbk.)  a15274702  a(OCoLC)166360250  a(OCoLC)ocn166360250  aDLCcDLCbspa  aEng14aD 16bR287 200900a909.807222200aReading primary sources :bthe interpretation of texts from nineteenth- and twentieth-century history /cedited by Miriam Dobson and Benjamin Ziemann.  aLondon ;aNew York :bRoutledge,c2009.  avi, 259 p. ;c25 cm.0 aRoutledge guides to using historical sources  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aHow 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. 0aHistoryxMethodology. 0aHistory, Moderny19th centuryvSources. 0aHistory, Moderny20th centuryvSources. 4aHistoriaxMetodología 4aHistoria modernaySiglo XIX 0aHistoria modernaySiglo XX1 aDobson, MiriameEditor1 aZiemann, Benjamin.eEditor  aRoutledge guides to using historical sources413Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0816/2008018502.html423Publisher descriptionuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0917/2008018502-d.html423Contributor biographical informationuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2008018502-b.html423Book review (H-Net)uhttp://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=24511