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    Reading primary sources : the interpretation of texts from nineteenth- and twentieth-century history / edited by Miriam Dobson and Benjamin Ziemann.

    Contributor(s): Dobson, Miriam | Ziemann, BenjaminMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Routledge guides to using historical sources: Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2009Description: vi, 259 p. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780415429573 (pbk.); 0415429579 (pbk.)Subject(s): History -- Methodology | History, Modern -- 19th century -- Sources | History, Modern -- 20th century -- SourcesDDC classification: 909.8072 LOC classification: D16 | .R23 2009Online resources: Table of contents only | Publisher description | Contributor biographical information
    Contents:
    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.
    Summary: 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.
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    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.

    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.

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