Ancient History: Monuments and Documents (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781405106573)

This book introduces students to the chief disciplines, methods and sources employed in 'doing' ancient history, as opposed to 'reading' it. The book:

• Encourages readers to engage with historical sources, rather than to be passive recipients of historical tales
  
• Gives readers a sense of the nature of evidence and its use in the reconstruction of the past
  
• Helps them to read a historical narrative with more critical appreciation
  
• Encourages them to consider the differences between their own experience of ancient sources, and the use of these objects within the everyday life of ancient society
  
• A concise bibliographical essay at the end of each chapter refers to introductions, indices, research tools and interpretations, and explains scholarly jargon
  
• Written clearly, concisely and concretely, invoking ancient illustrations and modern parallels as appropriate.

Author: Charles W. Hedrick
ISBN-10: 1405106573
ISBN-13: 9781405106573
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2005
Pages: 188
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.04w x 0.75d