Essaying the past
Subtitle: how to read, write, and think about history
By: Jim Cullen
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9781444351408
Subjects: Historiography; Academic writing; Methodology; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to the student: why would you look at a book like this?; title: Thinking and reading about history; title: History: it's about time; title: What's the story with history?; title: The sources of history; title: Good answers begin with good questions; title: Search engines, research ingenuity; title: How to read a book without ever getting to chapter one; title: Writing about history; title: Analysis: the intersection of reading and writing; title: Making a case: an argument in three parts; title: Defining introductions; title: Strong bodies (I): the work of topic sentences; title: Strong bodies (II): exposition and evidence; title: Strong bodies (III): counterargument and counterevidence; title: Surprising conclusions; title: Scaling the summit: crystallizing your argument; title: Writing is rewriting: the art of revision; title: Putting it all together: the research essay (a case study); title: Conclusion: the love of history.