21H.991J / STS.210J Theories and Methods in the Study of History, Fall 2004
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Author(s)
McCants, Anne
Alternative Title
Theories and Methods in the Study of History
Date Issued
December 2004
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.
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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
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. History Section
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Science, Technology and Society
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