A Short Guide to Writing About History
2nd Edition
Published in December 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-673-52348-8 (ISBN)
Description
This short guide introduces students to historical research and discovery while teaching them how to write cogent history papers. Focusing on more than just the conventions of good writing, this supplement shows students first how to think about history, and then how to organize their thoughts into coherent essays. This book teaches students how to use and evaluate primary and secondary sources, and shows them how to work their own thoughts into their writing to make their papers more than mere reports. This second edition is streamlined for greater ease of use, and contains an expanded range of examples of social and women's history to help make the text more inclusive.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Harlow
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pearson Education Limited
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Weight
205 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-673-52348-8 (9780673523488)
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Richard A. Marius
A Short Guide to Writing About History
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11/1998
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Content
The study of history as a way of thinking; the essay in history; thinking about history - questioning your sources, statistics; modes of historical writing - description, narrative, exposition, argument, rules for argument in historical writing; gathering information and writing drafts - find a topic, limit your topic, do research, brainstorm and make an outline, write several drafts; a sample research paper in history - some concluding notes about the paper; documenting your sources - footnotes and endnotes, bibliographies; suggestions about style - conclusion; conventions - manuscript conventions, the use of quotations, other conventions about mechanics and grammar, book reviews, appendix, essay examinations.