Reading Primary Sources : The Interpretation of Texts from Nineteenth and Twentieth Century History (Paperback, 2 ed)

Part1: Reading primary sources: contexts and approaches 1. Understanding history: hermeneutics and source-criticism in historical scholarship 2. Reading tests after the linguistic turn: approaches from literary studies and their implications Part 2: Varieties of primary sources and their interpretation 3. Letters 4. Surveillance reports 5. Court files 6. Social surveys 7. Memoranda 8. Diaries 9. Novels 10. Autobiography 11. Newspapers 12.Speeches 13. Testimony