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Tosh, John.

The pursuit of history : aims, methods, and new directions in the study of modern history / John Tosh with Sean Lang - 4th ed. - London : Longman/Pearson, 2006. - xxv, 357p. : 24 cm.

Includes index.

Historical awareness -- The uses of history -- Mapping the field -- The raw materials -- Using the sources -- Writing and interpretation -- The limits of historical knowledge -- History and social theory -- Cultural evidence and the cultural turn -- Gender history and postcolonial history -- Memory and the spoken word.

ISBN: 9780582894129 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2009043558

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Historiography.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain--Historiography.

LC Class. No.: D13 / .T62 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 907.2/041