History in the Age of Abundance?
- 328 pages
- 12 hours of reading
A guide to the World Wide Web and its archives for the contemporary historian.
Ian Milligan Books
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.
York Notes on A View from the Bridge
- 68 pages
- 3 hours of reading
Rebel Youth
1960s Labour Unrest, Young Workers, and New Leftists in English Canada
- 252 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Focusing on the intersection of youth activism and labor history, this book highlights the experiences of young workers in Canada and their role in the broader youth movement of the 1960s. It emphasizes the significance of class and labor issues in shaping the narratives of that era, arguing for their essential place in the legacy of youth culture and activism.
An Enchantment of Digital Archaeology
- 204 pages
- 8 hours of reading
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.