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

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