Essaying the Past
Jim Cullen
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Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Allgemeines, Lexika
Beschreibung
The second edition of Essaying the Past features a varietyof updates and enhancements to further its standing as anindispensible resource to all aspects of researching and writinghistorical essays. * Includes expert advice on writing about history, conductinggood research, and learning how to think analytically * Includes a new chapter addressing common situations thatrepresent steps in the transition from a rough first draft to afinal version * Covers important topics such as framing questions, developing astrong introduction and topic sentences, choosing good evidence,and the crucial role of revision * Includes an annotated case study that takes the reader throughone student's process of writing an essay, illustrating howstrategies in the text can be successfully implemented * New edition features updates to cultural references, a newlywritten preface, and reorganized table of contents
Rezensionen
"...a useful, relatively clear guide on how to write and frame a history essay or research paper, with a structure which easily allows the reader to dip in and out of the book. Its clear prose makes it much more accessible to younger students....pleasing and clear, [it] makes the theoretical process of showing someone how to write an essay fun. [The author's] style is engaging, and his pop culture references are particularly appreciated throughout....an excellent tool for history teachers and students in a secondary school."
Praise for the first edition:
"There's a level of sophistication in Essaying thePast that is disguised by its utterly clear and engaging style.Jim Cullen tells students just what they need to know to writeabout the past."
"The ultimate insider's guide to historical writing,the new gold standard in the field."
Praise for the second edition:
"Newly revised and better than ever, Essaying thePast remains the single most useful resource for historystudents and instructors in high school and college."
"Jim Cullen presents a compelling case for the historicalessay as a tool of learning and plots the course for success with arare combination of clarity, sophistication, humor, and easycandor."
"A clear, concise and engaging guide to the practice ofhistory. Jim Cullen excels in walking students through all thesteps of researching and writing a persuasive paper."
"In this first-rate book, Jim Cullen delivers a conciseand accessible guide to the critical work that historians do:reading, writing, and thinking about history. Students will find itinformative and a pleasure to read."
"With lucidity, verve, and empathy, Cullen lays thewriting process bare, including fumbles, setbacks, and paths nottaken. In analyzing the writing of history, he also shows why itmatters."
Kundenbewertungen
Historical Methods & Historiography, Geschichtswissenschaft, Geschichte, History, Methoden der Geschichtsforschung u. Geschichtsschreibung