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Historical Research Using British Newspapers
Denise Bates
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Description for Historical Research Using British Newspapers
Paperback. Give a general guide to using old newspapers followed by detailed instructions how to locate, collate, analyse and interpret information Num Pages: 192 pages, 50 illustrations integrated, pictures, diagrams and written examples. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBA; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 14. Weight in Grams: 428.
Thanks to digitisation, newspapers from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century have become an indispensable and accessible source for researchers. Through their pages, historians with a passion for a person or a place or a time or a topic can rediscover forgotten details and gain new insights into the society and values of bygone ages.Historical Research Using British Newspapers provides plenty of practical advice for anyone intending to use old newspapers by: * outlining the strengths of newspapers as source material * revealing the drawbacks of newspapers as sources and giving ways to guard against them * tracing the development of the British newspaper industry * showing the type of information that can be found in newspapers and how it can be used * identifying the best newspapers to start with when researching a particular topic * suggesting methods to locate the most relevant articles available * demonstrating techniques for collating, analysing and interpreting information * showing how to place newspaper reports in their wider context In addition nine case studies are included, showing how researchers have already made productive use of newspapers to gain insights that were not available from elsewhere.
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Barnsley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473859005
SKU
V9781473859005
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-3
About Denise Bates
Historian and writer Denise Bates used old newspapers extensively when researching her first two books, Pit Lasses and Breach of Promise to Marry and the new information she discovered added greatly to the existing knowledge about both subjects. Historical Research Using British Newspapers draws on her extensive practical experience of using old newspapers as source material.
Reviews for Historical Research Using British Newspapers
Whether you're a seasoned researcher or dipping your toe into old newspapers for the first time, there is lots of valuable information here to help you on your research journey.
Family Tree Overall, this is a useful volume, modestly priced, that offers a considerable amount of helpful advice to those wishing to use newspapers for historical research.
Reference Reviews, Volume 31, Issue 2
Family Tree Overall, this is a useful volume, modestly priced, that offers a considerable amount of helpful advice to those wishing to use newspapers for historical research.
Reference Reviews, Volume 31, Issue 2