After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection

ISBN-10: 0070156115
ISBN-13: 9780070156111
Series: After the Fact
Category: Istorii︠a︡
Pages: 292
Language: English
Published: 1992
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Authors: James West Davidson, Mark H. Lytle

Description

Volume 2 of a 2-volume work that uses 15 dramatic episodes in American history to show students how historians go about the business of interpreting the past. It discusses historical methods within the context of an historical narrative so that students may learn about American history at the same time as seeing how historians use a variety of evidence (diaries, letters, photographs and records) and methods to explain the past.