Research Methodology in History

Contents: Preface. 1. Research methodology in history. 2. What is history? 3. Fundamentals of research. 4. Why history? 5. The collectivist dogma. 6. Positivism and behaviourism. 7. World history for research. Bibliography. Index.

"The historical research method comprises the techniques and guidelines by which historians use primary sources and other evidence of research. The question of the nature, and indeed the possibility, of sound historical method is raised in the philosophy of history, as a question of epistemology.

This work gives new insights to researchers in their endeavour." (jacket)