JEREMY BLACK is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. - DONALD M. MACRAILD is Reader in History at the University of Sunderland.

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