April 7, 2000

History 211 at U. of Connecticut Offers Lessons in Historian's Craft

History 211

University of Connecticut

"The Historian's Craft":

You could teach "The Historian's Craft," a required seminar for history majors, in a broad way, focusing on how scholars shape historical "truths."

But Richard D. Brown, a professor of early American history, believes that students can get a better feel for how historians work through intensive study of a single incident. The approach, known as "microhistory," has proved