Studying History: A Practical Guide to Successful Essay-writing, Seminars, Assignments and Exams (Studymates) - Softcover

Johnson, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1842850075 ISBN 13: 9781842850077

Publisher: Studymates, 2001

Synopsis

Are you taking a history course at college or university? Do you know what the examiners are really looking for? Can you gather evidence effectively, weigh the historical arguments, and present a convincing case in person or on paper? This Studymate has been specially designed to help you build your critical and analytical skills as a history student. Follow the step-by-step advice in this practical guide, and discover how you can improve your performance as a history student in essays, seminars, projects, classes and examinations. Studymates promote effective learning by getting to grips with the principles of a subject, rather than trying to remember masses of detail. There are one minute summaries at the start of each chapter, and end of chapter support to assist progress.

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From the Publisher

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From the Author

How do you 'do' history?
How does history work? How do we decide what is history and what isn't? Are post-modernist ideas about history valid? How has history been written? Can we improve the way we 'do' history? This book is a short guide to the method and rationales behind the study of history. An introductory chapter explores what history is, but quickly moves into how history has been written, from the Classical period to the 1990s. At each stage, the value of these attempts to write history is evaluated. Then the book presents a suggested, common sense method before offering advice on handling documents, writing essays, dissertations, being analytical and using the web for historical enquiry. The emphasis is on exploring the subject, and the secrets of success... This book will be particularly useful to those engaged on historiography courses too.

Edition details

• Publisher: Studymates
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1842850075
• ISBN 13: 9781842850077
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160