Understanding history

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Title Understanding history : a primer of historical method / Louis Gottschalk.
Edition 2d ed.
Publisher New York : Knopf
Creation Date 1969
Notes Bibliographical references and index.
Content Objectives of historians. The evaluation of historical writing
The relation of historical method to life and learning -- Methods of historical research. What are "history" and "historical sources"?
Choosing a subject and finding information upon it
Where does historical information come from?
The problem of authenticity, or external criticism
The problem of credibility, or internal criticism
Learning (and teaching) historical techniques
A word on style and composition -- Theory of history. The problems of selection, arrangement, and emphasis
The problems of cause, motive, and influence
The historian and the problems of the present.
Extent xix, 310, vi pages
21 cm.
Language English
National Library system number 990035642530205171

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