Essaying the past how to read, write, and think about history /
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Chichester [England] ; Malden, Mass. :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2013.
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| Ausgabe: | 2nd ed. |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction to the student: why would you look at a book like this?
- 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
- 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.