Weighing sources against each other

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This guide offers a framework for choosing and assessing primary sources for history research, with discussion of how to bring multiple sources into conversation to address aspects such as change o...

This guide offers a framework for choosing and assessing primary sources for history research, with discussion of how to bring multiple sources into conversation to address aspects such as change over time, competing perspectives, and absences in the historical record. The guide suggests approaches based on a researcher's interests, abilities, and resources and explains the value of reading against the grain and using comparative reading of both primary and secondary sources to avoid pitfalls such as unconsciously adopting the source perspective.

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