21H.991J / STS.210J Theories and Methods in the Study of History, Fall 2004

McCants, Anne

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McCants, Anne

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Theories and Methods in the Study of History

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Abstract

The purpose of this course is to acquaint you with a variety of approaches to the past used by historians writing in the twentieth century. Most of the books on the list constitute, in my view (and others), modern classics, or potential classics, in social, economic and cultural history. We will examine how historians conceive of their object of study, how they use primary sources as a basis for their accounts, how they structure the narrative and analytic discussion of their topic, and what are the advantages and drawbacks of their various approaches.

Date issued

2004-12

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71718

Department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. History Section; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Science, Technology and Society

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21H.991J-Fall2004

local: 21H.991J

local: STS.210J

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Keywords

21H.991J, STS.210J, 21H.991, STS.210, History, theory, Twentieth century, social, economic, cultural, primary sources, narrative, methodology, social processes, ordinary people, collective mentalities, structure, material life, obscure, oppressed, poor, Annales school, conceptualization

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