While the phrase “historical studies” is incredibly broad, here are a few of Joshua’s favorite resources on the subject:
- Appleby, Joyce O. “The Power of History”, American Historical Review, Vol. 103, No.1 (February 1998).
- Appleby, Joyce, Lynn Hunt, and Margaret Jacob. Telling the Truth about History. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1994.
- Arnold, John H. History: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Benjamin, Jules R. A Student’s Guide to History, 10th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2006.
- The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th ed. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2010.
- Coontz, Stephanie. The Way We Never Were: American Families And The Nostalgia Trap. New York: Basic Books, 1992.
- Davidson, James West and Mark Hamilton Lytle. After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection, 4th ed. Boston: McGraw Hill, 2000.
- Derrida, Jacques. Archive Fever: A Freudian Impression. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998.
- Howell, Martha and Walter Prevenier. From Reliable Sources: An Introduction to Historical Methods. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2001.
- Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 7th ed. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 2007.