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Short Guide to Writing about History, A

ISBN: 9780321435361 | 0321435362
Edition: 6th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/1/2007

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SummaryTable of Contents
An ideal complement for any history course, A Short Guide to Writing About History stresses thinking and writing like an historian. This engaging and practical 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 brief essays and the documented resource paper, the text explores the writing and researching processes, different modes of historical writing (including argument), and offers ... MORE
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PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITIONix
PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITIONxii
1 WRITING AND HISTORY1(28)
STORIES ABOUT THE PAST INTENDED TO BE TRUE
1(3)
WRITING HISTORY AS A WAY OF THINKING
4(4)
BASIC PRINCIPLES FOR HISTORY ESSAYS
8(21)
Writer's Checklist
28(1)
2 THINKING ABOUT HISTORY29(26)
QUESTIONING SOURCES
32(8)
HISTORICAL FALLACIES
40(2)
MAKING INFERENCES
42(6)
EVALUATING MATERIALS
48(7)
Writer's Checklist
54(1)
3 MODES OF HISTORICAL WRITING55(24)
DESCRIPTION
57(4)
Writer's Checklist
61(1)
NARRATIVE
61(6)
Writer's Checklist
67(1)
EXPOSITION
67(5)
Writer's Checklist
71(1)
ARGUMENT
72(7)
Writer's Checklist
77(2)
4 GATHERING INFORMATION79(27)
FOCUSING ON YOUR TOPIC
80(5)
CONSIDERING POTENTIAL SOURCES
85(8)
DOING RESEARCH
93(13)
Writer's Checklist
105(1)
5 TAKING NOTES AND WRITING DRAFTS106(21)
RECORDING INFORMATION AND IDEAS
110(7)
ORGANIZING YOUR ESSAY
117(5)
Writer's Checklist
121(1)
WRITING AND REVISING DRAFTS
122(5)
Writer's Checklist for Peer Editing
126(1)
6 WRITING IN AN ELECTRONIC AGE127(23)
INQUIRY
129(6)
RESEARCH
135(9)
REVISION
144(6)
Writer's Checklist
149(1)
7 WRITING CONVENTIONS AND STYLE150(23)
SIMPLE AND DIRECT WRITING
151(12)
Writer's Checklist
162(1)
WORD FORMS AND PUNCTUATION
163(8)
Writer's Checklist
170(1)
THE FINAL PRESENTATION
171(2)
8 DOCUMENTING SOURCES173(20)
BASIC PRINCIPLES
175(4)
ELECTRONIC SOURCES
179(6)
NOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES
185(8)
Note Citations Reference Chart
187(4)
Biblioaraphic Citations Reference Chart
191(2)
APPENDIX A SAMPLE STUDENT RESEARCH PAPER193(17)
MANIFEST DESTINY: A CHARACTERISTIC OF NATIONS
194(14)
THINGS TO NOTICE ABOUT THIS PAPER
208(2)
Writer's Checklist
209(1)
APPENDIX B BOOK REVIEWS210(13)
REVIEWING AS A SPECIAL FORM OF WRITING
210(7)
A SAMPLE STUDENT REVIEW
217(4)
THINGS TO NOTICE ABOUT THESE REVIEWS
221(2)
Writer's Checklist
221(2)
APPENDIX C SHORT WRITING ASSIGNMENTS223(8)
Writer's Checklist
230(1)
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF STUDENT RESOURCES231(2)
CREDITS233(2)
INDEX235

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