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Learning History

A Guide to Advanced Study

  • Textbook
  • © 1986

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Authors:
  1. Richard Brown

    1. Houghton Regis Upper School, Bedfordshire, UK

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  2. Christopher W. Daniels

    1. Culford School, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, UK

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. How to Start

    • Richard Brown, Christopher W. Daniels
    Pages 1-12

  3. The History Essay

    • Richard Brown, Christopher W. Daniels
    Pages 13-30

  4. Primary Evidence — An Introduction

    • Richard Brown, Christopher W. Daniels
    Pages 31-44

  5. Primary Sources — Written and Printed

    • Richard Brown, Christopher W. Daniels
    Pages 45-58

  6. Primary Sources — Visual, Statistical and Oral

    • Richard Brown, Christopher W. Daniels
    Pages 59-87

  7. Secondary Sources

    • Richard Brown, Christopher W. Daniels
    Pages 89-98

  8. Debate and Controversy

    • Richard Brown, Christopher W. Daniels
    Pages 99-112

  9. History — Nature and Variety

    • Richard Brown, Christopher W. Daniels
    Pages 115-124

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 125-126
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About this book

Designed for use by sixth formers and FE students, it discusses how to approach the study of history, how to use and evaluate primary and secondary evidence and how to write essays and considers why historians interpret the past differently.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Houghton Regis Upper School, Bedfordshire, UK

    Richard Brown

  • Culford School, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, UK

    Christopher W. Daniels

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Learning History

  • Book Subtitle: A Guide to Advanced Study

  • Authors: Richard Brown, Christopher W. Daniels

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07793-9

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1986

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 127

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Historiography and Method, Ancient History

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