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- A thorough assessment of the literature on the subject and potential solutions to methodological problems
Case studies illustrate the problems and guide the student through solutions
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Intended for advanced students and practising social historians who see social history as a problem-solving discipline, the methodological problems examined include the absence of social categories, fragmenting evidence, the appraisal of rival explanations, the use of socially constructed evidence to substantiate claims about realities, how to avoid presentism and when its practice is justifiable, how to distinguish important causes and how to tell similarities from differences.
Authors and Affiliations
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Canterbury University, New Zealand
Miles Fairburn
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Social History
Book Subtitle: Problems, Strategies and Methods
Authors: Miles Fairburn
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-27517-5
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Miles Fairburn 1999
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 335
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave
Topics: Social History