Examines how historians, working like detectives, investigate the mysteries of the past and discusses a broad variety of topics and methods including the use of oral evidence, ecological data, and church and town records.
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About the Author:
James West Davidson received his B.A. from Haverford College and his Ph.D. from Yale University. A historian and full-time writer, he is author of The Logic of Millennial Thought: Eighteenth Century New England, Great Heart: the History of a Labrador Adventure (with John Rugge), and other books. Mark H.Lytle received his PhD from Yale University and is Professor of History and Environmental Studies as well as Chair of the American Studies Program at Bard College. He is also Director of the Master of Arts in Teaching Program at Bard. His publications include The Origins of the Iranian-American Alliance, 1941-1953, After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection (with James West Davidson) and, most recently, "An Environmental Approach to American Diplomatic History" in Diplomatic History. He is at work on The Uncivil War: America in the Vietnam Era.
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- PublisherMcGraw-Hill College
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0070156093
- ISBN 13 9780070156098
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number3
- Number of pages480
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