Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article: Second Edition - Brossura

Becker, Howard S.

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ISBN 10: 0226041328 ISBN 13: 9780226041322

Casa editrice: University of Chicago Press, 2007

Riassunto

Students and researchers all write under pressure, and those pressures—most lamentably, the desire to impress your audience rather than to communicate with them—often lead to pretentious prose, academic posturing, and, not infrequently, writer’s block.

Sociologist Howard S. Becker has written the classic book on how to conquer these pressures and simply write. First published nearly twenty years ago, Writing for Social Scientists has become a lifesaver for writers in all fields, from beginning students to published authors. Becker’s message is clear: in order to learn how to write, take a deep breath and then begin writing. Revise. Repeat.

It is not always an easy process, as Becker wryly relates. Decades of teaching, researching, and writing have given him plenty of material, and Becker neatly exposes the foibles of academia and its “publish or perish” atmosphere. Wordiness, the passive voice, inserting a “the way in which” when a simple “how” will do—all these mechanisms are a part of the social structure of academic writing. By shrugging off such impediments—or at the very least, putting them aside for a few hours—we can reform our work habits and start writing lucidly without worrying about grades, peer approval, or the “literature.”

In this new edition, Becker takes account of major changes in the computer tools available to writers today, and also substantially expands his analysis of how academic institutions create problems for them. As competition in academia grows increasingly heated, Writing for Social Scientists will provide solace to a new generation of frazzled, would-be writers.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Howard S. Becker lives and works in San Francisco. He is the author of several books, including Outsiders, Tricks of the Trade, and Telling About Society. 
 

 

 

 

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: University of Chicago Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0226041328
• ISBN 13: 9780226041322
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 212
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile