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Evaluating Evidence: A Positivist Approach to Reading Sources on Modern Japan
George Akita
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Description for Evaluating Evidence: A Positivist Approach to Reading Sources on Modern Japan
Hardcover. Argues for an inductive process in which the scholar seeks out facts on a subject and, through observation and examination of a body of data, is able to discern patterns until it is possible to formulate certain propositions. This book enumerates the difficulties linked with reading primary sources in Japanese by looking at a variety of materials. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBA; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 562.
Evaluating Evidence is based on the grueling lessons learned by a senior scholar during three decades of tutoring by, and collaboration with, Japanese historians. George Akita persisted in the difficult task of reading documentary sources in Japanese, most written in calligraphic style (sosho), out of the conviction of their centrality to the historian's craft and his commitment to a positivist methodology to research and scholarship. He argues forcefully in this volume for an inductive process in which the scholar seeks out facts on a subject and, through observation and examination of an extensive body of data, is able to discern ... Read more
Evaluating Evidence is based on the grueling lessons learned by a senior scholar during three decades of tutoring by, and collaboration with, Japanese historians. George Akita persisted in the difficult task of reading documentary sources in Japanese, most written in calligraphic style (sosho), out of the conviction of their centrality to the historian's craft and his commitment to a positivist methodology to research and scholarship. He argues forcefully in this volume for an inductive process in which the scholar seeks out facts on a subject and, through observation and examination of an extensive body of data, is able to discern ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824825607
SKU
V9780824825607
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About George Akita
George Akita is professor emeritus in the Department of History, University of Hawai'i.
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