Choosing a Subject and Finding Information About It
{"Image DocumentName": "Choosing a Subject and Finding Information About It", "Image ImageDescription": "The beginner can easily discover a subject that interests him and that will be worthy of investigation\u2014at least at an introductory level. He needs only to ask himself four sets of questions: The first set of questions is geographical. They center around the interrogative: Where? What area of the world do I wish to investigate? The Far East? Brazil? My country? My city? My neighborhood? The second set of questions is biographical. They center around the interrogative: Who? What persons am I interested in? The Chinese? The Greeks? My ancestors? My neighbors? A famous individual? The third set of questions is chronological. They center around the interrogative: When? What period of the past do I wish to study? From the beginnings till now? The fifth century B. C.? The Middle Ages? The 1780\u2019s? Last year? The fourth set of questions is functional or occupational. They center around the interrogative: What? What spheres of human interest concern me most? What kinds of human activity? Economics? Literature? Athletics? Politics? Understamding History: A Primer of Historical Method (Gottschalk, 1969)", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}