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Short Guide to Writing About History, A

ISBN: 9780321227164 | 0321227166
Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/1/2005

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SummaryTable of Contents
An ideal supplement in any history course that requires writing, 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 both brief essays and the documented resource paper, the text explores the writing and researching processes, different modes of historical writing includi... MORE
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PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITIONv
PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITIONviii
1 WRITING AND HISTORY1(28)
STORIES ABOUT THE PAST INTENDED TO BE TRUE
1 (3)
WRITING HISTORY AS A WAY OF THINKING
4(7)
BASIC PRINCIPLES FOR HISTORY ESSAYS
11(18)
Writer's checklist
28(1)
2 THINKING ABOUT HISTORY29 (23)
QUESTIONING SOURCES
32(9)
MAKING INFERENCES
41(5)
EVALUATING MATERIALS
46(6)
Writer's checklist
51(1)
3 MODES OF HISTORICAL WRITING52(23)
DESCRIPTION
54(4)
Writer's Checklist
58(1)
NARRATIVE
58(6)
Writer's Checklist
64(1)
EXPOSITION
64(5)
Writer's checklist
69(1)
ARGUMENT
69(6)
Writer's Checklist
74(1)
4 GATHERING INFORMATION75 (24)
FOCUSING ON YOUR TOPIC
76 (5)
CONSIDERING POTENTIAL SOURCES
81(7)
DOING RESEARCH
88(11)
Writer's checklist
98(1)
5 TAKING NOTES AND WRITING DRAFTS99 (21)
RECORDING INFORMATION AND IDEAS
102(8)
ORGANIZING YOUR ESSAY
110(4)
Writer's Checklist
114(1)
WRITING AND REVISING DRAFTS
114(6)
Writer's Checklist
118(2)
6 WRITING IN AN ELECTRONIC ENVIRONMENT120 (24)
QUESTIONING
122(5)
RESEARCH
127(4)
EVALUATION
131(5)
ORGANIZATION
136(4)
REVISION
140(4)
Writer's Checklist
143(1)
7 WRITING CONVENTIONS AND STYLE144(25)
SIMPLE AND DIRECT WRITING
146(10)
Writer's Checklist
156(1)
EVIDENCE AND QUOTATIONS
156(6)
Writer's Checklist
161(1)
WORD FORMS AND PUNCTUATION
162(5)
Writer's Checklist
167(1)
THE FINAL PRESENTATION
167(2)
8 DOCUMENTING SOURCES169(16)
BASIC PRINCIPLES
169(5)
Writer's Checklist
173(1)
ELECTRONIC SOURCES
174(4)
NOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES
178(7)
APPENDIX A SAMPLE STUDENT RESEARCH PAPER185 (17)
Writer's Checklist
201(1)
APPENDIX B SHORTER ESSAYS (AND EXAMINATIONS)202(8)
APPENDIX C BOOK REVIEWS210 (13)
Writer's Checklist
222(1)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF STUDENT RESOURCES223 (2)
CREDITS225(1)
INDEX226

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