History Beyond the Text: A Student's Guide to Approaching Alternative Sources

by Sarah Barber

Book Overview

Historians are increasingly looking beyond the traditional, and turning to visual, oral, aural, and virtual sources to inform their work. The challenges these sources pose require new skills of interpretation and require historians to consider alternative theoretical and practical approaches.

In order to help historians successfully move beyond traditional text, Sarah Barber and Corinna Peniston-Bird bring together chapters from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415429625
• ISBN13: 9780415429627
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"