A Practical Guide to Studying History

Tracey Loughran is Professor of History at the University of Essex, UK. She is the author of Shell-Shock and Medical Culture in First World War Britain (2017).

List of Illustrations
Introduction - Tracey Loughran (Cardiff University, UK)
Part I: Framing Histories
Introduction: Frameworks and Perspectives - Tracey Loughran (Cardiff University, UK)
1. Nations – Mark Williams (Cardiff University, UK)
2. Periodization - Shaun Tougher (Cardiff University, UK)
3. Comparative Histories - Chiara Beccalossi (University of Lincoln, UK)
4. Biography - Toby Thacker (Cardiff University, UK)
5. People's History - Martin Wright (Cardiff University, UK)
6. Identities - Siobhan McGurk (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
Part II: The Historian's Craft
Introduction - Tracey Loughran (Cardiff University, UK)
7. Historical Research - Garthine Walker (Cardiff University, UK)
8. Evidence and Interpretation - Kevin Passmore (Cardiff University, UK)
9. Archives - Federica Ferlanti (Cardiff University, UK)
10. Documents, Editions and Translations - Helen J. Nicholson (Cardiff University, UK)
11. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Sources for Essays - Keir Waddington (Cardiff University, UK)
12. Reading and Writing History - Tracey Loughran (Cardiff University, UK)
Part III: History in Public
Introduction - Tracey Loughran (Cardiff University, UK)
13. History in Schools - Lloyd Bowen (Cardiff University, UK)
14. History and Policy - Matthew Grant (University of Essex, UK)
15. Historical Novels - Tracey Loughran (Cardiff University, UK)
16. History and Heritage - Stephanie Ward (Cardiff University, UK)
17. Exhibiting History - Jane Hamlett (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)
18. Taking History into the World - Dave Wyatt (Cardiff University, UK)
Index