Short Guide to Writing About History, A
ISBN: 9780205673704 | 0205673708
Edition: 7thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/1/2010
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An ideal complement for any history course, A Short Guide to Writing about History helps you learn how to think and write like an historian.This engaging and practical text helps you get beyond merely compiling dates and facts; it teaches you how to incorporate your own ideas into your papers and to tell a story about history that interests you and your peers. Covering brief essays and the documented resource paper, the text explores the writing and researching processes, different modes of historical writing (including argument), and offers gu... MORE
| Preface | |
| Writing and History | |
| Stories about the Past Intended to be True | |
| Writing History as a Way of Thinking | |
| Basic Principles for History Essays | |
| Writerrsquo;s Checklist of Basic Principles | |
| Avoiding Plagiarism | |
| Writerrsquo;s Checklist for Avoiding Plagiarism | |
| Thinking about History | |
| HistoricalQuestioning | ... MORE|
| Historical Fallacies | |
| Making Inferences | |
| Evaluating Materials | |
| Writerrsquo;s Checklist for Evaluation | |
| Gathering Information | |
| Focusing on a Topic | |
| Making Initial Inquiries | |
| Identifying Key Sources | |
| Concluding Your Research | |
| Writerrsquo;s Checklist for Research | |
| Notes and Drafts | |
| Recording Information and Ideas | |
| Writerrsquo;s Checklist for Taking Notes | |
| Organizing Your Essay | |
| Writing and Revising Drafts | |
| Writerrsquo;s Checklist for Peer Editing | |
| Voice and Style | |
| Modes of Writing Simple and Direct Writing | |
| Word Forms and Punctuation | |
| The Final Manuscript | |
| Writerrsquo;s Checklist for Expression and Conventions | |
| Documenting Sources | |
| Basic Principles | |
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