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Essaying the Past How to Read, Write, and Think about History.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cullen, Jim
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2016.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Essaying the Past: How to Read, Write, and Think about History -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to the Student: Why Would You Look at a Book Like This? -- Part I: Thinking and Reading about History -- 1: History: It's about Time -- Living with the Past -- Good History Gives You Hope -- A Habit in Time -- 2: What's the Story with History? -- Disciplinary Measures: A Profession Takes Shape -- Plural Pasts -- 3: The Sources of History -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Sources of Ambiguity 
505 8 |a Obscure References, Maine Events -- Scarcity and Plenty -- 4: Good Answers Begin with Good Questions -- Good Students Have Answers -- Great Ones Have Questions -- So, What Do I Ask? -- 5: Search Engines, Research Ingenuity -- Net Gains -- and Losses -- Stacks of Possibilities -- Going by the Book -- Notable Discoveries -- 6: How to Read a Book without Ever Getting to Chapter One -- Pressing Matters -- Inside Information -- Going Back, Going Forward -- Topic-Sentence Hopping -- Part II: Writing about History -- 7: Analysis: The Intersection of Reading and Writing -- Making Sense 
505 8 |a The Choice Factor -- Thinking with Your Heart -- The Secret Sauce of Credibility -- 8: Making a Case: An Argument in Three Parts -- Reading Your Reader -- Writing the Equation -- Arguing about Time -- 9: Defining Introductions -- Introducing the Question -- Introducing the Thesis (and Motive) -- Introducing the Key Term -- Introducing the Premise -- Watch Your Language: Diction -- 10: Strong Bodies (I): The Work of Topic Sentences -- Inter- and Intra-paragraph Organization -- Directing Topic Sentence Traffic: Double Signposts -- Clues for the Clueless: Breaking Down the Thesis 
505 8 |a Don't Stick with the Facts -- 11: Strong Bodies (II): Exposition and Evidence -- Too Much of a Good Thing: Using Quotations Selectively -- Seeing Is Not Necessarily Believing -- Beware of ""Negroes"" and ""Orientals -- Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics -- 12: Strong Bodies (III): Counterargument and Counterevidence -- Two Sides to Every Story -- At a Minimum -- Don't Condescend -- Show, Don't Tell -- 13: Surprising Conclusions -- Motivated Conclusions -- Taking the Long View -- 14: Scaling the Summit: Crystallizing Your Argument -- Booster-Rocket Intros -- Conclusion Pivots 
505 8 |a 15: Writing is Rewriting: The Art of Revision -- Conversation Counts -- The Writer as Hotel Manager -- 16: Putting It All Together: The Research Essay (A Case Study) -- Katie's Bibliography -- Conclusion: The Love of History -- Appendix A: Writing an Essay: Ten Easy Steps in Review -- Appendix B: Essay Varieties: DBQs, Reviews, and Comparison Assignments -- Document-Based Questions (DBQs) -- Book (or Other) Reviews -- Comparison Essays -- Appendix C: Let's Give a Hand: Bibliographies and Footnotes -- 1. Why cite my sources? -- 2. When and where do I cite sources? -- 3. How do I format a footnote? 
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