Essaying the Past

2. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4443-5140-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 271 g

The second edition of Essaying the Past features a variety of updates and enhancements to further its standing as an indispensible resource to all aspects of researching and writing historical essays.
* Includes expert advice on writing about history, conducting good research, and learning how to think analytically
* Includes a new chapter addressing common situations that represent steps in the transition from a rough first draft to a final version
* Covers important topics such as framing questions, developing a strong introduction and topic sentences, choosing good evidence, and the crucial role of revision
* Includes an annotated case study that takes the reader through one student's process of writing an essay, illustrating how strategies in the text can be successfully implemented
* New edition features updates to cultural references, a newly written preface, and reorganized table of contents

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cullen, Jim

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix
Preface to the Second Edition xii
Introduction to the Student: Why Would You Look at a Book Like This? 1
Part I Thinking and Reading About History 5
1. History: It's About Time 7
2. What's the Story with History? 14
3. Th e Sources of History 21
4. Good Answers Begin with Good Questions 30
5. Search Engines, Research Ingenuity 37
6. How to Read a Book without Ever Getting to Chapter One 47
Part II Writing About History 61
7. Analysis: Th e Intersection of Reading and Writing 63
8. Making a Case: An Argument in Three Parts 72
9. Defi ning Introductions 80
10. Strong Bodies (I): Th e Work of Topic Sentences 92
11. Strong Bodies (II): Exposition and Evidence 101
12. Strong Bodies (III): Counterargument and Counterevidence 112
13. Surprising Conclusions 120
14. Scaling the Summit: Crystallizing Your Argument 127
15. Writing is Rewriting: Th e Art of Revision 132
16. Putting It All Together: Th e Research Essay (A Case Study) 140
Conclusion: The Love of History 160
Appendices
A Writing an Essay: Ten Easy Steps in Review 164
B Essay Varieties: DBQs, Reviews, and Comparison Assignments 166
C Let's Give a Hand: Bibliographies and Footnotes 173
D Credit Scams: Th e Dangers of Plagiarism 184
E Web of Lies? Weighing the Internet 189
F A Glossary of Key Terms 193
G More Reading About Writing 198
Index 200

Über Autor(innen)

Jim Cullen teaches history at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York City. Cullen, a former Preceptor in the Expository Writing Program at Harvard University, is the author of several books, including The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation (2003) and the forthcoming, provisionally titled Sensing the Past: Hollywood Actors as Historians.