Writing History: A Guide for Students |
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Product Description
Bringing together practical methods from both history and composition, Writing History provides a wealth of tips and advice to help students research and write essays for history classes. The book covers all aspects of writing about history, including finding topics and researching them, interpreting source materials, drawing inferences from sources, and constructing arguments. It concludes with three chapters that discuss writing effective sentences, using precise wording, and revising. Using numerous examples from the works of cultural, political, and social historians, Writing History serves as an ideal supplement to history courses that require students to conduct research. The third edition includes expanded sections on peer editing and topic selection, as well as new sections on searching and using the Internet.
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Customer Reviews:
• Simple Intro
14 December, 2005
This book is fairly short (111 pgs with not a lot of print on them,) but is a great introduction to writing for history classes. It doesn't go into lots of detail, it is very basic.
It was helpful in figuring out "What on earth should I write about?" "How do I make a thesis?" all the way to finishing a history paper.
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• Fantastic Place To Start
09 February, 2010
I am an undergraduate history student working on my first substantial research paper, and this book is giving me clear, orgainized instruction on how to focus my research and writing. It's well written, easy to read, and very straightforward. The single best instruction on writing I have encountered in my studies.
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• Basic Writing Text
11 February, 2010
This book is good for what most people will use it for, a class. While it is a bit simple at times if you have graduated from Middle School it is a fine guide to writing history. The book came in a timely fashion for my class and fit its description.
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• Succinct And Fun
08 August, 2008
For those of you who don't want to suffer from grammar overload, I highly recommend this volume. The book is fairly short, but each chapter offers the basic information needed to write your history paper. Additionally, Storey's writing style is light, and in some places quite humorous -- which is a pleasant bonus in a writing manual. Each chapter is broken down into nice, small sections that can be read in a few minutes each. This is great if you have a lot of small breaks during the day instead of one large chunk of study time. The book is not a chore to read.
Storey's book is an excellent first book for someone who wants to write about history, although it does not get very deep into the subject. For theories of historiography you'll need to look at other books. Also, this book won't replace your grammar manual or stylebook. Think of it as your first stop.
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• Thank You For Your Item
22 February, 2009
this book is very helpful for not only writing history papers but also other general types of papers. Strongly recommend!
- Amazon Customer Review
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