Writing, Teaching and Researching History in the Electronic Age: Historians and Computers

by Trinkle,Dennis A.

• ISBN13: 9780765601780
• ISBN10: 0765601788
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-12-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Focusing on the role of the computer and electronic technology in the discipline of history, this volume presents a series of previously unpublished articles by the major scholars associated with the marriage of computers and history. Representative articles address H-Net, scholarly publication, on-line reviewing, enhanced lectures using the World Wide Web, historical research, and many other pertinent topics.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix	(2)
Acknowledgments	xi
Part I: Redefining History in the Electronic Age	1	(34)
1. From Writing to Associative Assemblages: "History" in an Electronic Culture	3	(11)
David J. Staley
2. Will the Real Revolution Please Stand Up! Gutenberg, the Computer, and the University	14	(21)
M. Daniel Price
Part II: Scholarly Communication and Publication in the Electronic Age	35	(28)
3. Participatory Historical Writing on the Net: Notes and Observations from Recent Experience	37	(10)
Timothy Messer-Kruse
4. Scholarly Publication in the Electronic Age	47	(7)
Ellen Meserow Sauer
5. On-Line Reviewing: Pitfalls, Pinnacles, Potentialities, and the Present	54	(9)
Scott A. Merriman
Part III: Multimedia Approaches to Teaching	63	(118)
6. The Enhanced Lecture: A Bridge to Interactive Teaching	65	(8)
Larry J. Easley
7. Options and Gopherholes: Reconsidering Choice in the Technology-Rich History Classroom	73	(10)
David B. Sicilia
8. Constructing History with Computers	83	(6)
James A. Jones
9. Tom Swift Jr. Meets Clio: Reflections on Teaching Freshman History in a Mobile-Computing Environment	89	(21)
John D. Thomas
10. The Future of Teaching History Research Methods Classes in the Electronic Age	110	(19)
Leslie Gene Hunter
11. Using Multimedia Computer Technology to Teach United States History at Medgar Evers College, City University of New York, from Three Perspectives: Professor, Teaching Assistant, and Undergraduate	129	(26)
Barbara Winslow
Kacy D. Wiggins
Marisol Carpio
12. Teaching Tomorrow's Teachers: Computing Technology, Social Studies Methods Instruction, and the Preservice Teacher	155	(26)
Frank E. Johnson
Part IV: Computers and Historical Research	181	(62)
13. Historical Research On-Line: A New Ball Game	183	(11)
Ryan Johnson
14. Historical Research and Electronic Evidence: Problems and Promises	194	(32)
Jeffrey G. Barlow
15. Maps and Graphs, Past and Future: Using Technology-Based History to Study the City	226	(17)
Etan Diamond
Cynthia Cunningham
Arthur E. Farnsley II
Glossary	243	(6)
About the Editor and Contributors	249	(6)
Index	255