Quantitative Methods in the Humanities: An Introduction. By Claire Lemercier and Claire Zalc (trans. Arthur Goldhammer) (Charlottesville, University of Virginia Press, 2019) 177 pp. $39.50 cloth $19.50 paper

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June 01 2020 Quantitative Methods in the Humanities: An Introduction Quantitative Methods in the Humanities: An Introduction. By ClaireLemercier and ClaireZalc (trans. ArthurGoldhammer) (Charlottesville, University of Virginia Press, 2019) 177 pp. $39.50 cloth $19.50 paper A. E. C. M. A. E. C. M. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information A. E. C. M. Online Issn: 1530-9169 Print Issn: 0022-1953 © 2020 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Inc.2020by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Inc. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History (2020) 51 (1): 137–139. https://doi.org/10.1162/jinh_r_01527 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Search Site Citation A. E. C. M.; Quantitative Methods in the Humanities: An Introduction. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History 2020; 51 (1): 137–139. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/jinh_r_01527 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAll JournalsThe Journal of Interdisciplinary History Search Advanced Search History is notoriously a “big tent” discipline. Because everything has a past, every subject has a history. The tools appropriate to ferret out those histories multiply just as easily as the topics, depending on the questions being asked and the nature of the evidence preserved (accidentally or otherwise) that might answer them. In what sense is History a coherent “discipline” at all? Is there more to hold it together than just a ferocious commitment to the past tense? Must historians adhere to a recognized and common methodology of practice, but of what might it consist, in the face of so much variety? These questions bedevil historians everywhere, especially when they are trying to figure out what their students should know and/or... © 2020 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Inc.2020by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Inc. You do not currently have access to this content.