Case files, records from all kinds of social, medical,
governmental, military, and other agencies, become available to
researchers once confidentiality is no longer in question. Such
records are an important source for scholars in social history and
related fields, providing insight not only into the lives of
ordinary people but into the workings of the agencies that kept the
records as well. Case files contain a wealth of information and
challenge researchers by their complexity and the variety of
approaches and methodologies their analysis demands. On the Case is
a timely book intended to provide a forum for discussing the
theoretical and methodological issues that case files raise. The
book brings together theoretical debates, new research, and new
research methods and offers compelling illustrations of the drama,
conflict, and power relations that the case file can capture.
This collection of essays features some of Canada's leading
social historians. Readers will encounter an impressive array of
case files, including psychiatrists' accounts of sexual deviants,
employment records of sailors, state welfare and Indian Affairs
reports, court records, the patient forms of hospital and asylum
doctors, and state security files. While the contributors differ in
choice of subject and approach, they share a commitment to the
progressive traditions of social history. They recover the voices
and actions of people - not only of those with power but also of
those who seemingly have none.
Case files have proved crucial to scholars developing such new
fields of historical study as sexuality, gay and lesbian lives, and
domestic violence, and have reinvigorated work in more established
fields of history such as immigration, security and intelligence,
and the modern welfare state. On the Case is unique in offering new
research as well as guiding readers through recent debates and the
various theoretical and methodological challenges created by case
files.
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