Reading primary sources :  the interpretation of texts from nineteenth- and twentieth-century history / 
edited by Miriam Dobson and Benjamin Ziemann. 
 - London ;  New York :  Routledge,  2009. 
 - vi, 259 p. ;  25 cm. 
 - Routledge guides to using historical sources .
 - Routledge guides to using historical sources. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>pt. 1. Reading primary sources : contexts and approaches. Understanding history : hermeneutics and source-criticism in historical scholarship / Philipp Müller -- Reading texts after the linguistic turn : approaches from literary studies and their implications / Christoph Reinfandt -- pt. 2. Varieties of primary sources and their interpretation. Letters / Miriam Dobson -- Surveillance reports / Moritz Föllmer -- Court files / Claudia Verhoeven -- Opinion polls / Anja Kruke -- Memoranda / Kristina Spohr Readman -- Diaries / Christa Hämmerle, translated by Andrew Evans -- Novels / Julia Reid -- Autobiography / David Carlson -- Newspapers / Stephen Vella -- Speeches / Paul Readman -- Testimony / Devin O. Pendas. 
<br/><br/> How does the historian approach primary sources? How do interpretations differ? How can they be used to write history? This book goes a long way to providing answers for these questions. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780415429573 (pbk.) 0415429579 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008018502 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>History--Methodology.<br/>History, Modern--19th century--Sources.<br/>History, Modern--20th century--Sources.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>D16  / .R23 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>909.8072