TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cullen,Jim
TI  - Essaying the past : : how to read, write, and think about history 
SN  - 9781119111900
U1  - 907.2 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Chichester, United Kingdom
PB  - John Wiley & Sons
KW  -  History
KW  - Methodology.
KW  - Historiography.  	
KW  - Academic writing.
N1  - Includes index; 	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; 900-999; 907
ER  -