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The Historian's Toolbox: A Student's Guide to the Theory and Craft of History book cover

5th Edition

The Historian's Toolbox A Student's Guide to the Theory and Craft of History

By Robert C. Williams Copyright 2025
244 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

244 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

244 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Now in its fifth edition, The Historian’s Toolbox is designed to help students become skilled in the intellectual process and craft of history, offering an overview of the field and techniques for reading and writing about history. The fifth edition expands the selection of tools available to students entering the workshop of history. These include new chapters on digital history, Indigenous... Read more

Part 1: The Craft of History  1. The Past  2. Story  3. History  4. Metahistory  5. Antihistory  6. The Present  7. The Future  Part 2: The Tools of History  8. Doing History: An Overview  9. Sources and Evidence  10. Credit and Acknowledgment  11. Narrative and Explanation  12. Interpretation  13. Speculation  Part 3: The Relevance of History  14. Everyday History  15. Oral History  16. Material Culture  17. Public History  18. Event Analysis  19. Digital History  20. Gender History  21. Indigenous Peoples  22. Epilogue: The End of History?

Biography

Robert C. Williams is Vail Professor of History Emeritus at Davidson College, where he was Dean of Faculty from 1986 to 1998. He is a Russian historian and the author of eighteen books and numerous articles. He received his B.A. from Wesleyan University and has taught at Bates, Davidson, and Williams colleges and at Washington University in St. Louis.

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