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MIT 21H.931 Seminar in Historical Methods

MIT, , Prof. Anne McCants

Updated On 02 Feb, 19

Overview

This course is designed to acquaint students with a variety of approaches to the past used by historians writing in the twentieth century. The books we read have all made significant contributions to their respective sub-fields and have been selected to give as wide a coverage in both field and methodology as possible in one semester's worth of reading. We examine how historians conceive of their object of study, how they use primary sources as a basis for their accounts, how they structure the narrative and analytic discussion of their topic, and what are the advantages and drawbacks of their various approaches.

Includes

Lecture 1:

4.1 ( 11 )

Lecture Details

Heros, Tolkien, Lewis, Beowolf

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Sam

Excellent course helped me understand topic that i couldn't while attendinfg my college.

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Dembe

Great course. Thank you very much.

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