Writing History A Guide for Students
Writing History A Guide for Students
- ISBN 13:
9780195122206
- ISBN 10:
0195122208
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 11/12/1998
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Newer Edition
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Summary
Writing History provides the undergraduate student of history with awealth of tips and advice on the ways professional historians write in a simple,concise manual. Beginning with how historians find topics and research them, thebook sharpens such skills as interpreting source materials, drawing inferencesfrom sources, and constructing arguments. The three closing chapters containclear practical suggestions for writing effective sentences, using precisewording, and revising.