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Price: $29.95

Format:
Paperback 144 pp.
5.5" x 8.25"

ISBN-10:
0195427351

ISBN-13:
9780195427356

Copyright Year:
2008

Imprint: OUP Canada

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Writing History

A Guide for Canadian Students, Second Edition

William Kelleher Storey and Towser Jones

Writing History offers a wealth of advice to help students research and write assignments for history classes. Designed for Canadian students in all areas of the discipline, this book includes up-to-date information and examples from the works of cultural, political, and social historians on finding a research topic, interpreting source materials, performing internet searches, avoiding plagiarism, and more. With an expanded section on using online resources and a new chapter on writing assignments, including research proposals, book reviews, and essay exams, Writing History is an ideal supplement to any history course that requires students to conduct research.

Readership : Students in all history courses, especially introductory-level courses.

1. Getting Started
2. Interpreting Source Materials
3. Writing History Faithfully
4. Use Sources to Make Inferences
5. Get Writing!
6. Build an Argument
7. Narrative Techniques for Historians
8. Writing Sentences in History
9. Choose Precise Words
10. Revising and Editing
Notes
Index

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Towser Jones teaches Canadian and British history at Capilano College. She adapted the first Canadian edition from the US second edition (2003) prepared by William Kelleher Storey. Professor Storey is an assistant professor of history at Millsaps College, and formerly the preceptor in expository writing at Harvard.

The Oxford Companion to Canadian History - Edited by Gerald Hallowell
Writing History - William Kelleher Storey and Towser Jones

Special Features

  • The only guide of its kind on the market with Canadian content.
  • Canadian examples throughout, including references to major sources covering Canadian history.
  • Includes a section on maps and the use of visual evidence.
  • New chapters contains information on preparing book reports and research proposals.