Overview
- 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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About this book
Drawing examples from some of the classic works in the discipline, Miles Fairburn examines the nature, varieties, schools and evolution of social history.
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.
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
About the author
MILES FAIRBURN is a practising social historian who also teaches advanced courses on historiography and historical method. He is the author of two major books on the social history of New Zealand and presently occupies the Chair in History at Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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