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After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection
Authors: James West Davidson, Mark Hamilton Lytle
Publisher: McGraw Hill Higher Education
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1685500

Media: Paperback
Edition: Second
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 427
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.4 x 0.8

ISBN: 0075549719
EAN: 9780075549710
ASIN: 0075549719

Publication Date: December 1, 1986
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Also Available In:

  • Paperback - After the Fact, with Primary Source Investigator CD
  • Paperback - After the Fact, Volume I, The Art of Historical Detection CD
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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars History made exciting   October 19, 2007
 2 out of 2 found this review helpful

For those lucky enough to stumble upon this volume on historical methods, an exciting array of stories awaits you. This book was supplemental reading in my introduction to history class. I've always enjoyed history but never more so than when I scanned the chapters of "After the Fact". Each story brings the past to life and calls into question the nature of historical interpretation and analysis. Far from a dry text book, "After the Fact" will leave the lay historian wanting more, which can be found in Volume II. For those that enjoy this book, also check out "In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Life" by James Deetz. I highly recommend both but the $63.00 price tag is rediculous.


4 out of 5 stars History, After the Fact   March 2, 2006
 6 out of 7 found this review helpful

Davidson and Lytle's book is a study in historiography dealing with the interpretation and analysis of the sources used to report history. The authors concentrate on the several types of sources and the drawbacks of each, specifically biases. Examples include written, oral, video, psycho, cultural, economic and political history. This version includes an investigative CD which enhances the lessons in the book. After the Fact is a good companion to Richard Evans' In Defense of History, David Fischer's Historians' Fallacies, and Mark Gilderhus' History and Historians.

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