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Becoming a Historian (IHR Shorts): An Informal Guide
Author(s): Penelope J. Corfield (Author), Tim Hitchcock (Author)
- Publisher: University of London Press
- Publication Date: 1 April 2022
- Language: English
- Print length: 216 pages
- ISBN-10: 1914477154
- ISBN-13: 9781914477157
Book Description
Writing history is an art and a craft, which can sometimes make it feel intimidating. Becoming a Historian debunks the myths and demystifies the world of research for both research students and independent scholars. It outlines techniques to help design large-scale research projects, demonstrates the difference between quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and provides advice on bringing projects to a positive conclusion, as well as showing how to participate in the scholarly community.
Editorial Reviews
Review
The rich tone lucid thinking and crisp writing flow through three core sections to form a road map of insightful advice for the doctoral history students journey in writing a dissertation. Part 1… explains historical method for topic ideations to research plan to source assessment. Part 2… shows how historians gaze into the past, interpreting primary evidence and prior histories to build a long-term history. Part 3… tells how historians scholarly conversations via seminars and other venues provide feedback to refine the doctoral thesis pursuant to the oral dissertation defence BA and MA students Becoming a Historian stands tall as the go to history methods primer for anglosphere PhD students.’
– J.T. Mallone, Queens College, City University of New York, USA
About the Author
Tim Hitchcock is Professor of Digital History at the University of Sussex and until 2021 was Director of the Sussex Humanities Lab. Prior to this he held posts at the University of North London, and the University of Hertfordshire. He has published a dozen books on the histories of poverty, sexuality, gender and crime focusing on eighteenth-century London. With Robert Shoemaker, and others, he has also been responsible for creating a series of web resources, including the Old Bailey Online, London Lives and Locating London’s Past. His first degree was awarded by the University of California at Berkeley, and he received his doctorate from the University of Oxford.
