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HIST 600: Historical Method & Theory: Historiography

What is historiography?

Historiography, the writing of history, especially the writing of history based on the critical examination of sources, the selection of particular details from the authentic materials in those sources, and the synthesis of those details into a narrative that stands the test of critical examination. The term historiography also refers to the theory and history of historical writing.

-Richard T. Vann, Encyclopedia Brittanica

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Selected E-Books

Selected Print Books

What Is History? by E. H. Carr

D16.8 .c33 1962

The Historian's Craft by Marc Bloch

D13 .B5613

In Defence of History by Richard J. Evans

D16.8 E847 1994