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Essaying the Past: How to Read, Write and Think About History

Essaying the Past: How to Read, Write and Think About History

by JimCullen (Author)

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    Paperback 2012

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Synopsis

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

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 224
 Edition: 2nd Edition
 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 08 Jun 2012
ISBN 10: 1444351400
ISBN 13: 9781444351408

Media Reviews
.. .a useful, relatively clear guide on how to write and frame a history essay or research paper, with a structure which easily allows the reader to dip in and out of the book. Its clear prose makes it much more accessible to younger students....pleasing and clear, [it] makes the theoretical process of showing someone how to write an essay fun. [The author's] style is engaging, and his pop culture references are particularly appreciated throughout....an excellent tool for history teachers and students in a secondary school. - The York Historian
Author Bio
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.