Summary Get Ahead in 2024 with [The Methods and Skills of History A Practical Guide, Salevouris,4e] Study Guide

I N S T RU C T O R’ S K EY T O AC C OM PA N Y



T H E M E T HO D S A N D SK I L L S
O F H I S T O RY
A Practical Guide

Fourth Edition


by
Michael J. Salevouris with Conal Furay




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, CONTENTS




Introductionv


Pa rt I H I S TOR I C A L T H I N K I N G 

1 THE USES OF HISTORY 1

2 THE NATURE OF HISTORY: HISTORY
AS RECONSTRUCTION 2

3 HISTORICAL THINKING: CONTINUITY
AND CHANGE 5

4 HISTORICAL THINKING: MULTIPLE
CAUSALITY IN HISTORY 6

5 HISTORICAL THINKING: CONTEXT 9

6 HISTORY WRITING: TELLING A STORY 11


Pa rt I I C ON F RON T I N G T H E H I S TOR I C A L
AC C O U N T

7 LIBRARIES: REAL AND VIRTUAL 13

8 READING HISTORY 19

9 HISTORY ON FILM 21




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Pa rt I I I D OI N G H I STORY 

10 EVIDENCE22

11 ORAL HISTORIES, STATISTICS, AND
PHOTOGRAPHS31

12 INTERPRETATION 33

13 WRITING FOR YOUR READER 37


Pa rt I V H I S TOR I O G RA P H Y 

14 THE HISTORY OF HISTORY 39

15 HISTORY AND THE DISCIPLINES 40




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