Little Book for New Historians: Why and How to Study History

Robert Tracy McKenzie

ISBN 10: 0830853464 / ISBN 13: 9780830853465

Published by IVP Academic March 2019, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Little Book for New Historians: Why and How to Study History
• Publisher: IVP Academic March 2019
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0830853464
• ISBN 13: 9780830853465
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Used - LikeNew
• Seller catalogs:
  • Consigned History/Geography/Social Studies

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Synopsis

Many people think of history as merely "the past"―or at most, information about the past. But the real work of a historian is to listen to the voices of those who have gone before and humbly remember the flesh and blood on the other side of the evidence. What is their story? How does it become part of our own?

In A Little Book for New Historians veteran historian Robert Tracy McKenzie offers a concise, clear, and beautifully written introduction to the study of history. In addition to making a case for the discipline in our pragmatic, "present-tense" culture, McKenzie lays out necessary skills, methods, and attitudes for historians in training. Loaded with concrete examples and insightful principles, this primer shows how the study of history, faithfully pursued, can shape your heart as well as your mind.

About the Author

Robert Tracy McKenzie (PhD, Vanderbilt University) is Arthur F. Holmes Chair of Faith and Learning and professor of history at Wheaton College. His books include Lincolnites and Rebels, A Little Book for New Historians, and The First Thanksgiving: What the Real Story Tells Us About Loving God and Learning from History.