Becoming a Historian, An Informal Guide

Author

Hitchcock; Tim ; Corfield; Penelope J.

Year

2022

Publisher

University of London Press

Language

English

Pages

ISBN

978-1-91447-715-7

Link

Last Update

12-Oct-2025

Keywords

History

Description

For the purposes of this Guide, ‘history’ refers to the academic and literary discipline of studying the past. The subject has a conscious ‘through-time’ focus, excavating and debating the encrusted layers of meaning which are attached to earlier events. As a result, history is both a research topic and a process of relating to the past. Generations of practitioners continue to develop the subject and what may appear to be its specialist rituals and trade mysteries. Yet researching history is far from an inexplicable undertaking. This Guide offers friendly advice on getting to grips with the subject and on navigating...