Hedrick Ancient History

Monuments and Documents
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4051-5233-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World

This book introduces students to the chief disciplines, methods andsources employed in 'doing' ancient history, as opposed to'reading' it. The book:
* Encourages readers to engage with historical sources, ratherthan to be passive recipients of historical tales
* Gives readers a sense of the nature of evidence and its use inthe reconstruction of the past
* Helps them to read a historical narrative with more criticalappreciation
* Encourages them to consider the differences between their ownexperience of ancient sources, and the use of these objects withinthe everyday life of ancient society
* A concise bibliographical essay at the end of each chapterrefers to introductions, indices, research tools andinterpretations, and explains scholarly jargon
* Written clearly, concisely and concretely, invoking ancientillustrations and modern parallels as appropriate.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hedrick, Charles W.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
1. Monuments and Documents.
2. Geography.
3. Chronology.
4. Literary Texts.
5. Records.
6. Public Writing.
7. Coins.
8. Material Culture.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

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).