Writing History: A Guide for Students

Storey, William Kelleher

ISBN 10: 0199830045 / ISBN 13: 9780199830046

Published by Oxford University Press (edition 4), 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Writing History: A Guide for Students
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (edition 4)
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199830045
• ISBN 13: 9780199830046
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 4.
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

Bringing together practical methods from both history and composition, Writing History, Fourth Edition, 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 and researching topics, 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 text in any history course that asks students to conduct research.

About the Author

William Kelleher Storey is Professor of History at Millsaps College. Formerly Preceptor in Expository Writing at Harvard University, he is the author of The First World War: A Concise Global History (2009); Guns, Race, and Power in Colonial South Africa (2008); and Science and Power in Colonial Mauritius (1997). He is currently writing a biography of Cecil Rhodes.