Cullen, Jim <br/><br/>
Essaying the past :   how to read, write, and think about history / 
Jim Cullen 
 - Third edition 
 - xvi, 197 pages ;   22 cm 
<br/><br/> Includes index 
<br/><br/>	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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781119111900 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> History --Methodology.  <br/>Historiography.  	 <br/>Academic writing.  
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>907.2