Going to the Sources 5e: A Guide to Historical Research and Writing, 5th Edition

Brundage, Anthony

ISBN 10: 1118515315 / ISBN 13: 9781118515310

Published by John Wiley &Sons (edition 5), 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Going to the Sources 5e: A Guide to Historical Research and Writing, 5th Edition
• Publisher: John Wiley &Sons (edition 5)
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118515315
• ISBN 13: 9781118515310
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 5.
• Condition: Fair

About this title

Synopsis

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

About the Author

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).