TY - BOOK TI - Research methods for history SN - 9780748642045 (pbk.) U1 - 900.072 PY - 2012/// CY - Edinburgh PB - Edinburgh University Press KW - History KW - Research KW - Methodology N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Why bother with method? / Simon Gunn and Lucy Faire -- pt. 1. The essentials. Working with/in the archives / Michelle T. King -- Approaching visual materials / Ludmilla Jordanova -- Material culture / Alan Mayne -- Landscape and place / Jo Guldi -- pt. 2. Researching individuals and groups. Collective biography / Krista Cowman -- Life stories and historical analysis / Alistair Thomson -- pt. 3. Quantitative and qualitative analysis. GIS, spatial technologies and digital mapping / Keith D. Lilley -- Document to database and spreadsheet / R.J. Morris -- pt. 4. Deciphering meanings. Reading language as a historical source / Julie-Marie Strange -- Analysing behaviour as performance / Simon Gunn -- pt. 5. Rethinking categories. Ethics and historical research / William Gallois -- Time, temporality and history / Prashant Kidambi ER -