Studying Family and Community History: Volume 4, Sources and Methods for Family and Community Historians: A Handbook (Studying Family and Community History, Series Number 4)

by Michael Drake (Editor), Michael Drake (Editor), Ruth Finnegan (Editor), Jacqueline Eustace (Editor)

• Used

  Paperback
  1994

  $3.24

  This is the fourth and final volume in a major new initiative in the study of local history, designed to equip students and amateur enthusiasts with a mastery of the basic techniques and concepts required to pursue the subject in depth.This handbook offers thorough guidance on sources, research strategies and techniques, the relevant libraries and archives, and how to present research findings. It is packed with information for those embarking on personal projects, and is an indispensable reference tool for all local and community historians.

• Used

  Paperback
  1997

  $3.24

  This is the second edition of the fourth volume of the successful series Studying Family and Community History, published in conjunction with the Open University. With its aim of placing individual and localised cases in their social and historical context, this accessible and innovative series will stimulate and develop personal research in family and community history. This new edition of the fourth volume has been extensively updated. It serves as an invaluable tool for any research project on family or community history by offering guidance on sources, research strategies and techniques, the relevant libraries and archives, and how to present research findings.