Evaluating evidence : a positivist approach to reading sources on modern Japan /

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George Akita persisted in the difficult task of reading documentary sources in Japanese, out of the conviction of their centrality to the historian's craft and his commitment to a positivist methodology to research and scholarship. In this book, he explains what he means by a positivist approac...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Akita, George
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
Since 1868
Geschichte 1945-2001.
HISTORY.
HISTORY > Asia > Japan.
Historiography
Geschichte
Quellenkritik
Geschichtsschreibung
Japan > History > 1868- > Historiography.
Japon > Histoire > 1868- > Historiographie.
Japan
Electronic book.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:George Akita persisted in the difficult task of reading documentary sources in Japanese, out of the conviction of their centrality to the historian's craft and his commitment to a positivist methodology to research and scholarship. In this book, he explains what he means by a positivist approach to reading sources.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 267 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-256) and index.
ISBN:9781441619440
1441619445
9780824862428
0824862422

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