From Reliable Sources¶
Howell, M. C., & Prevenier, W. (2001). From Reliable Sources: An Introduction to Historical Methods. Cornell University Press.
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Primes¶
- Evidence
- In history, primary sources are evidence for past events, with provenance, internal-versus-external criticism, and triangulation across independent sources playing the chain-of-custody and combination roles.
This sourceSets out the historian's source criticism — provenance/authentication, internal versus external criticism, and triangulation across independent sources — the chain-of-custody and combination roles in history.
- In history, primary sources are evidence for past events, with provenance, internal-versus-external criticism, and triangulation across independent sources playing the chain-of-custody and combination roles.
- Primary vs. Secondary Sources
- Primary vs. Secondary Sources is an epistemic classification in which (1) evidence is sorted by its causal and temporal proximity to the phenomenon being studied, (2) materials produced by or directly in contact with the phenomenon at the time of its occurrence are classified as primary (diaries, original recordings, experimental logs, direct testimony, raw sensor output), (3) materials that analyze, synthesize, or interpret primary materials after the fact are classified as secondary (scholarly articles, review papers, edited volumes, summary reports), and (4) the classification governs how each class is used in argument — primary materials supply evidence whose reliability is evaluated at the point of production, secondary materials supply interpretation whose reliability is evaluated against the primary record they claim to interpret, as Howell and Prevenier (2001) systematize for working historians.
This sourceStandard graduate-level introduction to historical method; codifies the primary/secondary distinction and the analytic procedure of moving from source identification to interpretation.
- Primary vs. Secondary Sources is an epistemic classification in which (1) evidence is sorted by its causal and temporal proximity to the phenomenon being studied, (2) materials produced by or directly in contact with the phenomenon at the time of its occurrence are classified as primary (diaries, original recordings, experimental logs, direct testimony, raw sensor output), (3) materials that analyze, synthesize, or interpret primary materials after the fact are classified as secondary (scholarly articles, review papers, edited volumes, summary reports), and (4) the classification governs how each class is used in argument — primary materials supply evidence whose reliability is evaluated at the point of production, secondary materials supply interpretation whose reliability is evaluated against the primary record they claim to interpret, as Howell and Prevenier (2001) systematize for working historians.
- Traceability
- A historical claim is stronger if the evidence is traceable to its sources, a principle Howell and Prevenier (2001) develop in their canonical methods textbook on historical source criticism.
This sourceStandard graduate-level introduction to historical method; codifies the primary/secondary distinction and the analytic procedure of moving from source identification to interpretation.
- A historical claim is stronger if the evidence is traceable to its sources, a principle Howell and Prevenier (2001) develop in their canonical methods textbook on historical source criticism.
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