Ancient History: Monuments And Documents

Hedrick, Charles

ISBN 10: 1405106573 / ISBN 13: 9781405106573

Editore: Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, 2006

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If students are to "do" history, as opposed to "reading" it, they must learn how to engage with historical sources. This book introduces students to the chief disciplines, methods, and sources employed in "doing" ancient history. It gives them a sense of the nature of evidence and its use in the reconstruction of the past, helping them to read a historical narrative with more critical appreciation; and it encourages them to consider the differences between their own academic experience of ancient sources books, inscriptions, coins, and the like and the use of these same objects within the everyday life of ancient society. The author writes clearly, concisely, and concretely, invoking ancient illustrations and modern parallels as appropriate.174p. bubliographies , index.

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Dati bibliografici

• Titolo: Ancient History: Monuments And Documents
• Editore: Blackwell Publishing, Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1405106573
• ISBN 13: 9781405106573
• Rilegatura: Soft cover
• Edizione: First Thus
• Condizione: New
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Greece - Ancient
  • SOLD
  • Rome - Ancient

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Riassunto

This book introduces students to the chief disciplines, methods and sources employed in 'doing' ancient history, as opposed to 'reading' it. The book:

• Encourages readers to engage with historical sources, rather than to be passive recipients of historical tales
  
• Gives readers a sense of the nature of evidence and its use in the reconstruction of the past
  
• Helps them to read a historical narrative with more critical appreciation
  
• Encourages them to consider the differences between their own experience of ancient sources, and the use of these objects within the everyday life of ancient society
  
• A concise bibliographical essay at the end of each chapter refers to introductions, indices, research tools and interpretations, and explains scholarly jargon
  
• Written clearly, concisely and concretely, invoking ancient illustrations and modern parallels as appropriate.

Informazioni sull?autore

Charles W. Hedrick Jr is Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author of History and Silence (2000) and the Decrees of the Demotionidai (1990), and the co-editor of Demokratia (1996) and The Birth of Democracy (1993).