Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 9197272" data-attributes="member: 85555">First off, people should not sneer at you when all you are doing is trying to learn about history. I was a history major in college and even Ivhave difficulty navigating the most up to date sources (if you aren’t at a university or college it can be hard). First step is look for books published by university presses, that are written by historians (and you are best off finding books by people whose specialty is history, not done other academic field: the latter can be helpful but will just make navigating this harder for you). Second look up the historiography of the topic. You can find whole books that are the historiography of the topic in question but your local library will have historiography reference books arranged by topic (like an encyclopedia). That will give you the history of the history. I also recommend a general book on historiography so that you understand the different schools of thought (when you read a history book understand it isn’t the final say, that it comes from a school of thought and a lens; it is usually a good idea to read books with different points of view on a topic) If you want something approachable, popular history books are fine. Just be a little more cautious with these and try to find that is written by a credible person Also nothing wrong with old history books. I still like to go back and read a Braudel, gibbon, and Durant. You just need to understand the information can be out of date, the analysis not current. But those are still great works to resdAlso check out the syllabi of local history courses</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 9197272, member: 85555"] First off, people should not sneer at you when all you are doing is trying to learn about history. I was a history major in college and even Ivhave difficulty navigating the most up to date sources (if you aren’t at a university or college it can be hard). First step is look for books published by university presses, that are written by historians (and you are best off finding books by people whose specialty is history, not done other academic field: the latter can be helpful but will just make navigating this harder for you). Second look up the historiography of the topic. You can find whole books that are the historiography of the topic in question but your local library will have historiography reference books arranged by topic (like an encyclopedia). That will give you the history of the history. I also recommend a general book on historiography so that you understand the different schools of thought (when you read a history book understand it isn’t the final say, that it comes from a school of thought and a lens; it is usually a good idea to read books with different points of view on a topic) If you want something approachable, popular history books are fine. Just be a little more cautious with these and try to find that is written by a credible person Also nothing wrong with old history books. I still like to go back and read a Braudel, gibbon, and Durant. You just need to understand the information can be out of date, the analysis not current. But those are still great works to resd Also check out the syllabi of local history courses [/QUOTE]

Verification