JEREMY BLACK is Professor at the University of Exeter, UK. He is the author of thirty books, including Maps and History and War and the World 1450-2000. DONALD M. MACRAILD is Professor of History at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK. His publications include Social History and Social Theory and Nineteenth Century Britain.

General Editors' Preface - Authors' Preface - PART I - The Scope of History - Varieties of History (i): 'Traditional History' - Varieties of History (ii): 'The New History' - PART II - Approaches to History: Sources, Methods and Historians - Theories and Concepts - PART III - Studying History - Writing History (i): the Essay - Writing History (ii): the Dissertation - History Exams - Afterword - Suggestions for Further Reading - Index -