A Little Book for New Historians: Why and How to Study History by Robert Tracy McKenzie Paperback Book

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Rent A Little Book for New Historians: Why and How to Study History

Author: Robert Tracy McKenzie

Format: Quality Paperback

Publisher: IVP Academic

Published: May 2019

Genre: History - Study & Teaching

Retail Price: $14.00

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Many people think of history as merely "the past"―or at most, information about the past. But the real work of a historian is to listen to the voices of those who have gone before and humbly remember the flesh and blood on the other side of the evidence. What is their story? How does it become part of our own? In A Little Book for New Historians veteran historian Robert Tracy McKenzie offers a concise, clear, and beautifully written introduction to the study of history. In addition to making a case for the discipline in our pragmatic, "present-tense" culture, McKenzie lays out necessary skills, methods, and attitudes for historians in training. Loaded with concrete examples and insightful principles, this primer shows how the study of history, faithfully pursued, can shape your heart as well as your mind.

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