Contemporary History: Practice and Method

Seldon, Anthony

ISBN 10: 0631160922 / ISBN 13: 9780631160922

Published by Blackwell Pub, 1988

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Contemporary History: Practice and Method
• Publisher: Blackwell Pub
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631160922
• ISBN 13: 9780631160922
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Contemporary history presents historians with particularly difficult methodological problems, as it offers a wealth of source material denied to those engaging with earlier periods. But how reliable is material taken from the press of interviews, private papers or statistical surveys, and how should it be used How can contemporary history be "real" as opposed to "instant" In this book a distinguished group of academics and journalists - including John Barnes, David Butler, Peter Hennessy, Gillian Peele and Tom Nossiter - consider the value and practicalities of contemporary history in Europe and North America.