Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction - Tracey Loughran (Cardiff University, UK) -- Part I: Framing Histories -- Introduction: Frameworks and Perspectives / Tracey Loughran (Cardiff University, UK) -- 1. Nations / Mark Williams (Cardiff University, UK) -- 2. Periodization / Shaun Tougher (Cardiff University, UK) -- 3. Comparative Histories / Chiara Beccalossi (University of Lincoln, UK) -- 4. Biography / Toby Thacker (Cardiff University, UK) -- 5. People's History / Martin Wright (Cardiff University, UK) -- 6. Identities / Siobhan McGurk (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) -- Part II: The Historian's Craft -- Introduction / Tracey Loughran (Cardiff University, UK) -- 7. Historical Research / Garthine Walker (Cardiff University, UK) -- 8. Evidence and Interpretation / Kevin Passmore (Cardiff University, UK) -- 9. Archives / Federica Ferlanti (Cardiff University, UK) -- 10. Documents, Editions and Translations - Helen J. Nicholson (Cardiff University, UK) -- 11. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Sources for Essays - Keir Waddington (Cardiff University, UK) -- 12. Reading and Writing History / Tracey Loughran (Cardiff University, UK) -- Part III: History in Public -- Introduction / Tracey Loughran (Cardiff University, UK) -- 13. History in Schools / Lloyd Bowen (Cardiff University, UK) -- 14. History and Policy / Matthew Grant (University of Essex, UK) -- 15. Historical Novels / Tracey Loughran (Cardiff University, UK) -- 16. History and Heritage / Stephanie Ward (Cardiff University, UK) -- 17. Exhibiting History / Jane Hamlett (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK) -- 18. Taking History into the World / Dave Wyatt (Cardiff University, UK) -- Index.

"An introduction to the fundamental skills and principles underpinning historical research and writing, and to the different contexts in which history is produced and consumed"--