Writing History: A Guide for Students - Brossura

Storey, William Kelleher

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ISBN 10: 0199830045 ISBN 13: 9780199830046

Casa editrice: Oxford Univ Pr, 2012

Riassunto

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.

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Informazioni sull?autore

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

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Oxford Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0199830045
• ISBN 13: 9780199830046
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 4
• Numero di pagine: 134
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Ufficio Anagrafiche Messaggerie; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8.; Assago Milano; 20090; Italia