History Skills: A Student’s Handbook

History Skills gives frank and practical help to students throughout their university course. Designed as a guide to success, the book supports the development of the critical skills of investigation, analysis and argument to enable students to get the most out of their course.

Mary Abbott is Principal Lecturer in History at Anglia Ruskin University. Her previous publications include Family Ties (1993), Life Cycles in England 1560-1720 (1996) and Family Affairs: A history of the family in 20th century England (2003). She is a member of the Higher Education Academy’s History Advisory Panel.