The Methods and Skills of History

Preface xi
 
Part I HISTORICAL THINKING 1
 
1 THE USES OF HISTORY 3
 
Exercises Set A 8
 
Exercises Set B 10
 
2 THE NATURE OF HISTORY: HISTORY AS RECONSTRUCTION 13
 
Exercises Set A 21
 
Exercises Set B 24
 
3 HISTORICAL THINKING: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE 27
 
Exercises Set A 37
 
Exercises Set B 39
 
4 HISTORICAL THINKING: MULTIPLE CAUSALITY IN HISTORY 43
 
Exercises Set A 55
 
Exercises Set B 60
 
5 HISTORICAL THINKING: CONTEXT 65
 
Exercises Set A 73
 
Exercises Set B 77
 
6 HISTORY WRITING: TELLING A STORY 83
 
Exercises Set A 91
 
Exercises Set B 98
 
Part II CONFRONTING THE HISTORICAL ACCOUNT 101
 
7 LIBRARIES: REAL AND VIRTUAL 103
 
Exercises Set A 115
 
Exercises Set B 124
 
8 READING HISTORY 131
 
Exercises Set A 141
 
Exercises Set B 149
 
9 HISTORY ON FILM 151
 
Exercise 165
 
Part III DOING HISTORY 167
 
10 EVIDENCE 169
 
Exercises Set A 179
 
Exercises Set B 188
 
11 ORAL HISTORIES, STATISTICS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS 197
 
Exercises Set A 211
 
Exercises Set B 214
 
12 INTERPRETATION 217
 
Exercises Set A 227
 
Exercises Set B 234
 
13 WRITING FOR YOUR READER 241
 
Exercises Set A 249
 
Exercises Set B 250
 
Part IV HISTORIOGRA PHY 253
 
14 THE HISTORY OF HISTORY 255
 
Exercise 269
 
15 HISTORY AND THE DISCIPLINES 271
 
Exercises 279
 
appendix A: FUR TRADE ON THE UPPER MISSOURI RIVER: DOCUMENTS 287
 
appendix B: SOURCE REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES 295
 
appendix C: SAMPLE ORAL HISTORY RELEASE FORM 299
 
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 301
 
Index 307
 
Writing Capsules
 
1. Coherent Paragraphs: The Topic Sentence 10
 
2. The Literature Review 35
 
3. Essays: The Introduction

Michael Salevouris is a Professor Emeritus of History at Webster University in St. Louis. In addition to various reviews and articles he is the author of Riflemen Form: The War Scare of 1859-1860 in England (1982), and, with Conal Furay, Learning American History: Critical Skills for the Survey Course (1997). The late Conal Furay was Professor Emeritus at Webster University, where he taught such courses as American Business History and the Western in film and story. He is the author of The Grass-Roots Mind in America (1977), and, with Michael Salevouris, Learning American History: Critical Skills for the Survey Course (1997).