TY - BOOK AU - Fairburn,Miles TI - Social history: problems, strategies, and methods SN - 031222124X AV - HN28 F35 1999 U1 - 306.09 PY - 1999/// CY - New York PB - St. Martin's Press KW - Social history KW - Methodology N1 - New Zealand author; Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-322) and index; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; 1; The Problem of Absent Categories --; 2; The Problem of Generalising from Fragmentary Evidence --; 3; Some Solutions for the Problem of Fragmentary Evidence --; 4; The Problem of Establishing Important Causes --; 5; The Problem of Establishing Similarities and Differences - of Lumping and Splitting --; 6; To Count or Not to Count? --; 7; The Problem of Socially Constructed Evidence --; 8; The Problem of Appropriate Concepts --; 9; The Problem of Determining the Best Explanation --; Notes, References and Further Reading --; Glossary of Terms --; Bibliography --; Index ER -