The pursuit of history : aims, methods and new directions in the study of modern history / John Tosh.

Harlow : Longman, 2010.

xi, 352 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

5th ed.

Historical awareness -- The uses of history -- Mapping the field -- The raw materials -- Using the sources -- Writing and interpretation -- The limits of historical knowledge -- History and social theory -- Cultural evidence and the cultural turn -- Gender history and postcolonial history -- Memory and the spoken word.

Includes bibliographical references and index.