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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 973
EAN num: 9780072994018
ISBN number: 0072994010
Label: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 487
Printing Date: July 30, 2004
Publishing house: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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For more than twenty-five years, After the Fact has provided a time-tested, innovative approach to guiding students through American history and the methods used to study it. In dramatic episodes that move chronologically through American history, this best-selling book examines a broad variety of topics like oral evidence, photographs, ecological data, films and television programs, church and town records, census data, and novels. Whether for the introductory survey or for a historical methods course, After the Fact is the ideal text for any instructor who wants to introduce his or her students to what it is that historians actually do when studying American history.
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I am one of the lucky ones that stumbled onto vol I and vol II of After The Fact. In these books the authors look at history as a detective story. They take the facts and then read between the lines to try and figure it all out. Their technique is basically how I always looked at history. Every historian has a point of view. The true story is rarely right there in any book in grey and white - it is between the lines. And often between the lines of several different books. The truth must be hunted out. And you hunt it out by asking objective, rational questions. It is a great and refreshing approach to learning history.
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For those lucky enough to stumble upon this volume on historical methods, an exciting array of stories awaits you. This book was supplemental reading in my introduction to history class. I've always enjoyed history but never more so than when I scanned the chapters of "After the Fact". Each story brings the past to life and calls into question the nature of historical interpretation and analysis. Far from a dry text book, "After the Fact" will leave the lay historian wanting more, which can be found in Volume II. For those that enjoy this book, also check out "In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Life" by James Deetz. I highly recommend both but the $63.00 price tag is rediculous.
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Davidson and Lytle's book is a study in historiography dealing with the interpretation and analysis of the sources used to report history. The authors concentrate on the several types of sources and the drawbacks of each, specifically biases. Examples include written, oral, video, psycho, cultural, economic and political history. This version includes an investigative CD which enhances the lessons in the book. After the Fact is a good companion to Richard Evans' In Defense of History, David Fischer's Historians' Fallacies, and Mark Gilderhus' History and Historians.
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