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.