"In the early 1950's. historians who studied pre-industrial Europe........it is clear why the case history use of court records is to be preferred."
Q> The passage would be most likely appear as part of
a)a book review summarizing the achievements of historians of the European aristocracy
b)an essay describing the trends in the practice of writing history
c)a textbook on the application of statistical methods in the social sciences
d)a report to the historical profession on the work of the early-twentieth-century historians
e)an article urging the adoption of historical methods by the legal proffession.