Pursuit of History : Aims, Methods and New

Theessential introduction to the practice of history - revised with new features to ensure it is even more popular with students. Tosh is consistently the best-selling Longman History textbookThe last 3 editions have achieved total sales of over 83,000 copiesThe use of photos of significant people and events help make the text more livelyNew layout and design enables readers to understand themes more quickly

John Tosh is Professor of History at Roehampton University Sean Lang is Research Fellow in History at Anglia Polytechnic University

Preface to the Fourth Edition

vii

Preface to the Revised Third Edition

viii

Preface to the Third Edition

xviii

Publisher's acknowledgements

xxii

Historical awareness

1

(27)

The uses of history

28

(29)

The raw materials

57

(31)

Using the sources

88

(26)

The themes of mainstream history

114

(31)

Writing and interpretation

145

(28)

The limits of historical knowledge

173

(41)

History and social theory

214

(43)

History by numbers

257

(27)

Theories of meaning

284

(26)

History by word of mouth

310

(29)

Conclusion

339

(6)

Index

345

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Pursuit of History : Aims, Methods and New Directions in the Study of Modern History

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