From Reliable Sources: An Introduction to Historical Methods:
Book is in excellent shape, received in a timely manner. Price was great. Will come back to this seller.
Remedial Historiography 101:
This book would work well for an undergraduate Historical Methods class, but is fairly remedial and omits much in covering a broad swath while including superfluous chapters. Assessing validity of source material is such a basic enterprise that I was shocked to see a chapter on it, but nothing on the Frankfurt School. No book can please everyone, but this is REALLY a basic primer into source analysis and themes in historiography. Adding insult to injury, the book is structured in outline form, which makes... more info
boxy but good:
This book is intended primarily for serious students of history. It discusses the foundations of historical research--what kinds of questions do historians ask, what constitutes evidence, what makes a source reliable, and the epistomology that underguards historical inquiry. The language is somewhat dense at times and examples are frequently pulled from European history, a not always felicitous choice for students of American history. Still, the reader leaves the book with an arsenal of questions that he... more info
Solid introductory reference:
The trouble with studying history is that it is exceedingly boring in many respects. Unless you are a graduate student of history or just a real history buff, you probably have better ways to spend your time. I like this book a lot, and I only say that because this book is a good, solid introduction to the issue of sources. Oh my goodness, sources. How many biased books are there on every imaginable subject that come to faulty conclusions based on an obvious lack of in-depth research? Anyone can "research"... more info
