A Short Guide to Writing About History - Softcover

Marius, Richard A.; Page, Mel

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Synopsis

An ideal complement for any history course, A Short Guide to Writing about History helps you learn how to think and write like an historian. This engaging and practical text helps you get beyond merely compiling dates and facts; it teaches you how to incorporate your own ideas into your papers and to tell a story about history that interests you and your peers. Covering brief essays and the documented resource paper, the text explores the writing and researching processes, different modes of historical writing (including argument), and offers guidelines for improving style as well as documenting sources.

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An ideal accessory in any history course that requires writing, A Short Guide to Writing About History stresses thinking and writing like a historian. This engaging and practical little text helps the readers get beyond merely compiling dates and facts; it teaches them how to incorporate their own ideas into their papers and to tell a story about history that interests them and their peers. Covering both brief essays and the documented resource paper, this book explores the writing and researching processes, different modes of historical writing including argument and concludes with guidelines for improving style. For any one who will need to write about history.

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9780673399984: A Short Guide to Writing About History (The Short Guide Series)

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ISBN 10:  0673399982 ISBN 13:  9780673399984
Publisher: Texas Bookman, 1989
Softcover