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The Pursuit of History, 4/E
John Tosh

ISBN-10: 1405823518
ISBN-13: 9781405823517

Publisher: Longman
Copyright: 2006
Format: Paper; 384 pp
Published: 02/17/2006

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John Tosh's Pursuit of History is the essential introduction to the practice of history.  The fourth edition incorporates a wealth of student-friendly features to ensure that it is even more popular with students, including summaries and definitions of the practice of history. It offers excellent guidance through topics that are sometimes difficult and controversial, and provides an engaging and accessible introduction to the methods and scope of history today. Appropriate for use on all History Theory, Methods, and Historiography courses.

  • Includes brand new introduction by John Tosh which reviews the historiographical debate as it has developed over the last three years - brings students completely up-to-date.

  • Addresses key historiographical questions - why and how do we study history; what are the limitations of historical evidence; what kinds of history are being written today? Students will be more reflective about their discipline.

  • Assesses the significance of postmodernism - puts this important development into perspective.

  • Examines how new developments in history differ from earlier representations of the past.

  • Section headings have been added to make the text easy to navigate
  • Expanded references and chapter openers are excellent stimulation for debates and essay writing

  • Further reading material to give students a rounded view of the subject

  • The boxed studies of debates and controversies provide great tools for student exams and essay writing

  • Photos of particularly significant events and people have been added to aid students understanding of the subject

1. Historical awareness

2. The uses of history

3. The raw materials

4. Using the sources

5. The themes of mainstream history

6. Writing and interpretation

7. The limits of historical knowledge

8. History and social theory

9. History by numbers

10. Theories of meaning

11. History by word of mouth

    The revised Third edition of this leading introductory textbook features a new introduction in which John Tosh addresses developments in postmodern and cultural history over the last three years. It offers excellent guidance through topics that are sometimes difficult and controversial, and provides an engaging and accessible introduction to the methods and scope of history today. Appropriate for use on all Theory and Methods, History and Theory, and Historiography courses.

  • 0582772540The Pursuit of History: Aims, Methods and New Directions in the Study of Modern History, 3/E
    Tosh
    © 2002 | Longman | Paper; 368 pages | Out of Stock
    ISBN-10: 0582772540 | ISBN-13: 9780582772540
    Brief Description

John Tosh is Professor of History at Roehampton University.

Sean Lang is a Research Fellow at Anglia Polytechnic University and was formerly a sixth form teacher. He is also Director of the Historical Association Curriculum Project, developing a new type of history curriculum for pupils aged 14-19.

Of previous editions:

“An excellent introduction to methodology in history which will be read with advantage by historians at any stage of their development.”

History

 

“Can easily be handled by the general reader wanting to know what is happening to history today.”

British Book News

 

This famous study examines important questions about historians and their work - Why do we study history? How do we construct our knowledge of the past? What are the limitations of historical evidence? What different kinds of history are being written today?

The subjects covered are difficult and sometimes controversial but John Tosh has proved himself an admirable guide in this celebrated work. His cool eye and lively pen make the issues clear and involving; and he makes the reader vividly aware of just how far our historical knowledge is conditioned by the character of the sources and by the methods of the historians who work on them.

 

In this 4th edition the main text is made even more accessible through a number of  new features:

 

  • Chapter opening summaries
  • Marginal glosses for difficult terms and concepts
  • Boxed sections at the end of each chapter dedicated to key events and people
  • Illustrative material throughout the text
  • Suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter
  • Section headings to facilitate navigation around the book

 

 

 

John Tosh is Professor of History at Roehampton University.

Seán Lang is Research Fellow in History at Anglia Polytechnic University.

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