A Short Guide to Writing About History

An ideal supplement in any history course that requires writing, A Short Guide to Writing About History stresses thinking and writing like a historian.

This engaging and practical little text helps students get beyond merely compiling dates and facts; it teaches them how to incorporate their own ideas into their papers and to tell a story about history that interests them and their peers. Covering both brief essays and the documented resource paper, the text explores the writing and researching processes, different modes of historical writing including argument and concludes with guidelines for improving style.