List of Figures and Tables

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. List of Figures and Tables viii
5. Preface to the Second Edition x
6. 1. Introduction: Why Bother with Method? 1
7. Part 1. The Essentials
8. 2. Working With/In the Archives 15
9. 3. Approaching Visual Materials 31
10. 4. Material Culture 49
11. 5. Landscape and Place 68
12. Part 2. Researching Individuals and Groups
13. 6. Collective Biography 85
14. 7. Life Stories and Historical Analysis 104
15. Part 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis
16. 8. GIS, Spatial Technologies and Digital Mapping 125
17. 9. Document to Database and Spreadsheet 147
18. 10. Digital Research 170
19. Part 4. Deciphering Meanings
20. 11. Reading Language as a Historical Source 193
21. 12. Analysing Behaviour as Performance 210
22. Part 5. Rethinking Categories
23. 13. Ethics and Historical Research 229
24. 14. Time, Temporality and History 247
25. Notes on Contributors 265
26. Index 269