Methods in World History: A Critical Approach
About this ebook
Each author addresses a particular issue of method – for source criticism, archaeological evidence or estimates of economies for example – discussing the problems, giving practical examples, and offering solutions and ways of overcoming the difficulties involved. The perspectives are varied, the criticism focussed, and a common theme of coalescence is maintained throughout. This unique anthology will be of great use to advanced scholars of world history, and to students entering the field for the first time.
About the author
Arne Jarrick is a professor of history at Stockholm University (SU) since 1997. He received his PhD in Economic History from SU in 1985. He has run a large-scale study of the global history of 4,000 years of law-making. He is a member and vice-president of The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities.
Janken Myrdal is since 1994 a professor of agrarian history at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. He has published on medieval history in general, and also agrarian history from the early medieval period until the nineteenth century. He is a member of several academies, such as Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, Antiquities and History.
Maria Wallenberg-Bondesson received her Ph.D. in history in 2003 at Stockholm University. Her previous research includes religious development and popular movements in Early Modern Sweden. Since 2007, she has has been involved in research on long-term legal development, together with Arne Jarrick among others.
