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ahr-interpretation-and-method

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Use when choosing and defending an interpretive approach for an American Historical Review (AHR) manuscript — social, cultural, intellectual, political, economic, transnational, global, microhistory, or the history of knowledge. The AHR welcomes many methods judged on their own terms. Sharpens interpretation and scale; it does not impose a single template.

When to use

• Choosing an interpretive approach for an AHR manuscript
• Defending an interpretive approach
• Deciding the analytical lens and scale
• Bridging an interpretive claim to documents
• Addressing method-fit reviewer complaints
• Selecting between social, cultural, intellectual, political, economic, transnational, global, or microhistory approaches

When not to use

• Imposing a single template
• Statistical significance analysis
• Robustness table generation

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