TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dobson,Miriam
AU  - Ziemann,Benjamin
TI  - Reading primary sources: the interpretation of texts from nineteenth- and twentieth-century history 
T2  - Routledge guides to using historical sources
SN  - 9780415429573 (pbk.)
AV  - D16 .R23 2009
U1  - 909.8072 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - History
KW  - Methodology
KW  - History, Modern
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Sources
KW  - 20th century
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0816/2008018502.html
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0917/2008018502-d.html
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2008018502-b.html
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