A Student's Guide to History
11th Edition
Published on 1. August 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-312-53502-5 (ISBN)
Description
This provides the practical help students need to be effective in their history courses. In addition to introducing students to the nature of the discipline, it teaches a wide range of skills from preparing for exams to approaching common writing assignments, and it explains the research and documentation process using numerous examples throughout.
Reviews / Votes
'A Student's Guide to History is the most comprehensive and well-organized guide that I have seen.' - James H. Williams, Middle Tennessee State University, USA 'Of all the guides I have tried, A Student's Guide to History is the best.' - Charles Sanders, Jr., Kansas State University, USA 'A Student's Guide to History is an excellent toolbox of essential skills for doing history.' - Roger Davis, University of Nebraska at Kearney, USA 'A Student's Guide to History is an excellent companion piece for any level history course.' - Roger Davis, University of Nebraska at Kearney, USA 'Outstanding! For history students, Benjamin is superior.' - Kenneth Wilburn, East Carolina University, USAMore details
Edition
11th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York, NY
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations, maps
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
374 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-312-53502-5 (9780312535025)
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Person
JULES R. BENJAMIN was a professor of history at Ithaca College for 30 years. His current research focuses on higher education in the digital age, and his scholarly works concern modern United States and Latin American diplomatic history. He is the author of several books and articles, including The United States and Cuba: Hegemony and Dependent Development, 1880--1934 (1977) and The United States and the Origins of the Cuban Revolution: An Empire of Liberty in an Age of National Liberation (1990).
Content
The Subject of History Succeeding in Your History Class Working with Historical Evidence Building a History Essay Preparing Specific Writing Assignments Researching a History Topic Writing a Research Paper Documenting Your Paper: Citing Sources in Chicago Style