Going to the Sources: A Guide to Historical Research and Writing

The updated fifth edition of Going to the Sources presents a practical guide to historical research and writing for all students of history.

• Focuses on the basics of historians craft, introducing students to concepts including refining a topic, selecting sources, and engaging critically with their reading
• Appendices illustrate style for footnotes, endnotes, and bibliographical entries, as well as a list of commonly used abbreviations
• Features a new chapter on the use of non-textual sources for historians, including a case study discussion of the historical importance of D. W. Griffiths film The Birth of a Nation
• Addresses how to bring the critical assessment skills of reading to bear on film and other non-textual sources
• Includes a student-written historiographical essay, with marginal notes for instruction

Anthony Brundage is Professor Emeritus of History at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. His publications include The Great Tradition: Constitutional History and National Identity in Britain and the United States, 1870-1960 (2007).