Shawn Graham Books

A guide to the World Wide Web and its archives for the contemporary historian.

Almost all aspects of the historian's research workflow have been transformed by digital technology. The Transformation of Historical Research in the Digital Age equips historians to be self-conscious practitioners by making these shifts explicit and exploring their long-term impact. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

The book explores how Rome's expansion relied on effectively harnessing both human and natural resources from its surrounding areas. It delves into the strategies and practices that enabled the city to thrive, highlighting the interconnectedness between urban development and its rural hinterland. Through this lens, it examines the economic, social, and environmental factors that contributed to Rome's historical growth and dominance.

The use of computation in archaeology is a kind of magic, a way of heightening the archaeological imagination. Agent-based modelling allows archaeologists to test the 'just-so' stories they tell about the past. These models are one end of a spectrum that ends with video games.