The Princeton Guide to Historical Research
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    [synopsis] => "Winner of the James Harvey Robinson Prize, American Historical Association" "A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year" Zachary M. Schrag is professor of history at George Mason University and the author of Ethical Imperialism and The Great Society Subway. His teaching website is historyprofessor.org. He lives in Arlington, Virginia. Twitter @zacharyschrag 
	The essential handbook for doing historical research in the twenty-first century

The Princeton Guide to Historical Research provides students, scholars, and professionals with the skills they need to practice the historian's craft in the digital age, while never losing sight of the fundamental values and techniques that have defined historical scholarship for centuries.

Zachary Schrag begins by explaining how to ask good questions and then guides readers step-by-step through all phases of historical research, from narrowing a topic and locating sources to taking notes, crafting a narrative, and connecting one's work to existing scholarship. He shows how researchers extract knowledge from the widest range of sources, such as government documents, newspapers, unpublished manuscripts, images, interviews, and datasets. He demonstrates how to use archives and libraries, read sources critically, present claims supported by evidence, tell compelling stories, and much more.

Featuring a wealth of examples that illustrate the methods used by seasoned experts, The Princeton Guide to Historical Research reveals that, however varied the subject matter and sources, historians share basic tools in the quest to understand people and the choices they made.


•	Offers practical step-by-step guidance on how to do historical research, taking readers from initial questions to final publication
•	Connects new digital technologies to the traditional skills of the historian
•	Draws on hundreds of examples from a broad range of historical topics and approaches
•	Shares tips for researchers at every skill level "This volume is a complete and sophisticated addition to any scholar's library and a boon to the curious layperson. . . . [A] major achievement." "This book is quite simply a gem. . . . Schrag's accessible style and comprehensive treatment of the field make this book a valuable resource."---Alan Sears, Canadian Journal of History "A tour de force that will help all of us be more capable historians. This wholly readable, delightful book is packed with good advice that will benefit seasoned scholars and novice researchers alike."-Nancy Weiss Malkiel, author of "Keep the Damned Women Out": The Struggle for Coeducation "An essential and overdue contribution. Schrag's guide offers a lucid breakdown of what historians do and provides plenty of examples."-Jessica Mack, Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University "Extraordinarily useful. If there is another book that takes apart as many elements of the historian's craft the way that Schrag does and provides so many examples, I am not aware of it."-James Goodman, author of But Where Is the Lamb? "This is an engaging guide to being a good historian and all that entails."-Diana Seave Greenwald, Assistant Curator of the Collection, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum "Impressive and engaging. Schrag gracefully incorporates the voices of dozens, if not hundreds, of fellow historians. This gives the book a welcome conversational feeling, as if the reader were overhearing a lively discussion among friendly historians."-Sarah Dry, author of Waters of the World: The Story of the Scientists Who Unraveled the Mysteries of Our Oceans, Atmosphere, and Ice Sheets and Made the Planet Whole "This is a breathtaking book-wide-ranging, wonderfully written, and extremely useful. Every page brims with fascinating, well-chosen illustrations of creative research, writing, and reasoning that teach and inspire."-Amy C. Offner, author of Sorting Out the Mixed Economy
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