A Short Guide to Writing About History (The Short Guide Series) - Softcover

Marius, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0673523489 ISBN 13: 9780673523488

Publisher: Harpercollins College Div, 1994

Synopsis

An ideal supplement in any history course that requires writing, A Short Guide to Writing About History stresses thinking and writing like a historian.

This engaging and practical little text helps students get beyond merely compiling dates and facts; it teaches them how to incorporate their own ideas into their papers and to tell a story about history that interests them and their peers. Covering both brief essays and the documented resource paper, the text explores the writing and researching processes, different modes of historical writing including argument and concludes with guidelines for improving style.

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From the Back Cover

A Short Guide to Writing About History
Richard A. Marius (late) · Melvin E. Page

History is a story of events. A Short Guide to Writing About History helps students move beyond merely compiling dates and facts and teaches them how to express their ideas about history into their own story.

The principle of training students to think and write like an historian set forth by Richard Marius continues as A Short Guide to Writing About History remains the premier writing resource for all history students. Maintaining the exploration of the writing and researching processes, illustrations of the different modes of historical writing, and guidelines for improving style, the Sixth Edition has been augmented to address the key issues facing today’s writer, with expanded coverage of technology and writing.

Changes to the sixth edition

• The sixth edition includes greater coverage devoted to the avoiding plagiarism.
• Complementing the "Writing in an Electronic Age" chapter, the key issues of using technology are now addressed throughout the text.
• Discussion of evaluating sources for writing has also been expanded throughout the sixth edition.

Synopsis

This short guide introduces students to historical research and discovery while teaching them how to write cogent history papers. Focusing on more than just the conventions of good writing, this supplement shows students first how to think about history, and then how to organize their thoughts into coherent essays. This book teaches students how to use and evaluate primary and secondary sources, and shows them how to work their own thoughts into their writing to make their papers more than mere reports. This second edition is streamlined for greater ease of use, and contains an expanded range of examples of social and women's history to help make the text more inclusive.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harpercollins College Div
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0673523489
• ISBN 13: 9780673523488
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2