Essaying the past : how to read, write, and think about history / Jim Cullen

By: Cullen, Jim [author]
Publisher: Chichester, United Kingdom : John Wiley & Sons, 2017Edition: Third editionDescription: xvi, 197 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781119111900Subject(s): History -- Methodology | Historiography. | Academic writingDDC classification: 907.2
Contents:
Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the Third Edition Acknowledgments Introduction to the Student: Why Would You Look at a Book Like This? PART 1: Thinking and Reading About History History : it's about time -- What's the story with history? -- The sources of history -- Good answers begin with good questions -- Search engines, research ingenuity -- How to read a book without ever getting to chapter one -- PART II: Writing About History Analysis : the intersection of reading and writing -- Making a case : an argument in three parts -- Defining introductions -- Strong bodies (I) : the work of topic sentences -- Strong bodies (II) : exposition and evidence -- Strong bodies (III) : counterargument and counterevidence -- Surprising conclusions -- Scaling the summit : crystallizing your argument -- Writing is rewriting : the art of revision -- Putting it all together : the research essay (a case study) -- Conclusion : the love of history. Appendices
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Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the Third Edition Acknowledgments Introduction to the Student: Why Would You Look at a Book Like This? PART 1: Thinking and Reading About History History : it's about time -- What's the story with history? -- The sources of history -- Good answers begin with good questions -- Search engines, research ingenuity -- How to read a book without ever getting to chapter one -- PART II: Writing About History Analysis : the intersection of reading and writing -- Making a case : an argument in three parts -- Defining introductions -- Strong bodies (I) : the work of topic sentences -- Strong bodies (II) : exposition and evidence -- Strong bodies (III) : counterargument and counterevidence -- Surprising conclusions -- Scaling the summit : crystallizing your argument -- Writing is rewriting : the art of revision -- Putting it all together : the research essay (a case study) -- Conclusion : the love of history. Appendices

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