Creative historical thinking /

"Creative Historical Thinking offers innovative approaches to thinking and writing about history. Author Michael J. Douma makes the case that history should be recognized as a subject intimately related to individual experience and positions its practice as an inherently creative endeavor. Douma describes the nature of creativity in historical thought, illustrates his points with case studies and examples. He asserts history's position as a collective and community-building exercise and argues for the importance of metaphor and other creative tools in communicating about history with people who may view the past in fundamentally different ways. A practical guide and an inspiring affirmation of the personal and communal value of history, Creative Historical Thinking has much to offer to both current and aspiring historians"--Includes bibliographical references and index.Metaphors of space and time -- Beyond simple linear history -- On facts and creative interpretations -- How creative historians read and research -- How creative historians write -- Networking : the entrepreneurial historian -- My backyard history chapter -- Rethinking history education with photographs and material culture -- "Why men stopped wearing hats" and other important historical questions -- Classroom history diagrams -- Can there be one metaphor for all of history? -- Useful diagrams have specific, not general aims -- Analogies of historical thinking -- Creative historical thinking for everyone."Creative Historical Thinking offers innovative approaches to thinking and writing about history. Author Michael J. Douma makes the case that history should be recognized as a subject intimately related to individual experience and positions its practice as an inherently creative endeavor. Douma describes the nature of creativity in historical thought, illustrates his points with case studies and examples. He asserts history's position as a collective and community-building exercise and argues for the importance of metaphor and other creative tools in communicating about history with people who may view the past in fundamentally different ways. A practical guide and an inspiring affirmation of the personal and communal value of history, Creative Historical Thinking has much to offer to both current and aspiring historians"--Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 10, 2018)