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History beyond the text : a student's guide to approaching alternative sources / edited by Sarah Barber and Corinna M. Peniston-Bird. - Abington, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2009. - xiv, 208 p. : ill., facsims. ; 25 cm. - Routledge guides to using historical sources . - Routledge guides to using historical sources. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Fine art : the creative image / Sarah Barber -- The cartoon : the image as critique / Frank Palmeri -- The photograph : the still image / Derek Sayer -- Film and television : the moving image / Jeffrey Richards -- Music : the composed sound / Burton W. Peretti -- Oral history : the sound of memory / Corinna Peniston-Bird -- The Internet : virtual space / Lisa Blenkinsop -- Landscape : the configured space / Tom Williamson -- Architecture : the built object / Christopher Long -- Material culture : the object / Adrienne D. Hood.

Sources are the bedrock of history. But over the past few years the question of 'what is a historical source' has become an increasingly prominent concern. This text opens up the discussion on sources to those beyond the 'traditional' ones.

ISBN: 0415429625 (pbk.) 9780415429627 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2008023473

Subjects--Topical Terms:
History--Sources.
History--Research.

LC Class. No.: D5 / .H556 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 907.2