historical inquiry
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhistoricalandinquiry
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historical
adjective
uk/hɪˈstɒr.ɪ.kəl/us/hɪˈstɔːr.ɪ.kəl/
connected with studying or representing things from ...
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inquiry
noun
uk/ɪnˈkwaɪə.ri/us/ˈɪŋ.kwɚ.i/
(the process of asking) ...
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(Definition ofhistoricalandinquiryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofhistorical inquiry
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But one of the central challenges of comparativehistoricalinquiryhas proved only indirectly susceptible to the application of quantitative techniques.
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The new methods narrow the scope and relevance ofhistoricalinquiryin the same old ways.
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Such a gap between memory and experience arguably exists for every subject ofhistoricalinquiry.
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But if he illustrates the impossibility of objectivehistoricalinquiry, then the loss to historiography is the gain of political thought.
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The production and distribution of books are scarcely fresh subjects ofhistoricalinquiry.
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These systems were the true frontiers of twentieth-century technical change and should constitute the proper unit ofhistoricalinquiry.
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Each generation chooses its own objects ofhistoricalinquiry.
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The disputes of the 1760s and 1770s over global commerce may even be of interest, finally, in respect of a rather differenthistoricalinquiry.
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Nevertheless, these records are of interest tohistoricalinquiryfor two reasons.
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All, however, reflect the mass of information available in research libraries and the vigor of continuinghistoricalinquiry.
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The loose ends that dangle from anyhistoricalinquirywill, in this case, be longer and looser.
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It does so, first, by its insistence on historical specificity as well as on placing the everyday lives of women and gender formation at the center ofhistoricalinquiry.
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I prefer to resist complaints about presentism in favor of understandinghistoricalinquiryto be motivated by contemporary concerns that demand considerable attention to current conditions.
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Paying attention to such circuits within and between colonies, empires and nations opens new lines ofhistoricalinquiryin the areas of visual representation, self-fashioning and consumption.
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In addition, given the a priori selection of national viewpoints and sources as departure points forhistoricalinquiry, their conclusions on the predominance of national interests are hardly surprising.
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The work is a collective tafsir, very rich in content, and a major source for academic research andhistoricalinquiry.
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But a book like this needed a historian who is familiar with the standard concepts ofhistoricalinquiryused by academia in the rest of the world.
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It is very important indeed that they should be able to start their historical inquiries in their own neighbourhoods and in the cities in which they live.
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