TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cullen,Jim
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Essaying the past: how to read, write, and think about history 
AV  - D16 .C83 2013eb
U1  - 907.2 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Chichester [England], Malden, Mass.
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
KW  - History
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Historiography
KW  - Academic writing
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction to the student: why would you look at a book like this? -- Thinking and reading about history -- History: it's about time -- What's the story with history? -- The sources of history -- Good answers begin with good questions -- Search engines, research ingenuity -- How to read a book without ever getting to chapter one -- Writing about history -- Analysis: the intersection of reading and writing -- Making a case: an argument in three parts -- Defining introductions -- Strong bodies (I): the work of topic sentences -- Strong bodies (II): exposition and evidence -- Strong bodies (III): counterargument and counterevidence -- Surprising conclusions -- Scaling the summit: crystallizing your argument -- Writing is rewriting: the art of revision -- Putting it all together: the research essay (a case study) -- Conclusion: the love of history; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10575479
ER  -