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American Historical Explanations : A Strategy for Grounded Inquiry

In this new edition of American Historical Explanations,Gene Wise expands his examination of historical thinking to include the latest work in American Studies, the new social history, ethnography, and psychohistory. Wise asserts that historians address their subjects through an intervening set of a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wise, Gene
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1980.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Foreword; Prologue, 1973: The Imperative of a New "Territory"; Prologue, 1980: Reflections on "Reflexive" Scholarship; BOOK I: Encountering the Forms: The Idea-Form, the Reality-Form, the Book-Form, Historians' Explanation-Forms; BOOK II: Some Strategies for Grounded Inquiry; BOOK III: Strategic Forms in Action: The Case Studies; Appendix: Taking a "Strategic Journey": Some Questions for Inquiry; Index.