The second edition of Essaying the Past features a variety of updates and enhancements to further its standing as an indispensible resource to all aspects of researching and writing historical essays.Includes expert advice on writingabout history, conducting good research, and learning how to think analyticallyIncludes a new chapter addressing common situations that represent steps in the transition from a rough first draft to a final versionCovers important topics such as framing questions, developing a strong introduction and topic sentences, choosing good evidence, and the crucial role of revisionIncludes an annotated case study that takes the reader through one student’s process of writing an essay, illustrating how strategies in the text can be successfully implementedNew edition features updates to cultural references, a newly written preface, and reorganized table of contents INDICE: AcknowledgementsPreface to the Second EditionIntroduction to the Student: Why Would You Look at a Book Like This?Part I: Thinking and Reading about History1. History: It’s About Time2. What’s the Story with History?3. The Sources of History4. Good Answers Begin with Good Questions5. Search Engines, Research Ingenuity6. How to Read a Book without Ever Getting to Chapter OnePart II: Writing about History7. Analysis: The Intersection of Reading and Writing8. Making a Case: An Argument in Three Parts9. Defining Introductions10. Strong Bodies (I): The Work of Topic Sentences11. Strong Bodies (II): Exposition and Evidence12. Strong Bodies (III): Counterargument and Counterevidence13. Surprising Conclusions14. Scaling the Summit: Crystallizing Your Argument15. Writing is Rewriting: The Art of Revision16. Putting it All Together: The ResearchEssay (a case study)Conclusion: The Love of HistoryAppendices• A / Writing an Essay: Ten Easy Steps in Review• B / Essay Varieties: DBQs, Reviews, and Comparison Assignments• C / Let’s Give a Hand: Bibliographies and Footnotes• D / Credit Scams: The Dangers of Plagiarism• E / Web of Lies: Weighing the Internet• F / A Glossary of Key Terms• G / More Reading About WritingIndex
- ISBN: 978-1-4443-5140-8
- Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 224
- Fecha Publicación: 11/06/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés