Social History and the Dynamics of Belief

By James Hill Parker

This book is an attempt to show if, and how, social history can be examined. James Parker takes the position that social history is essentially ideology used by various people to justify themselves. Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Litchfield Study: A Rural Maine Study A Critique of Social History; The St. Come Study: Quebec and Maine The Use of Court and Newspaper Documents; The Assimilation of French-Americans: The Use of Census, Survey, Participant Observation and Newspaper Data; Conclusion: The Uses and Limitations of Social History; Index.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819195189
• ISBN13: 9780819195180
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 130 Pages