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02842aam a2200361 i 4500 001 355E2810AD6711EBBB9470C722ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210505010019 008 200504s2021 njua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020020443 020 $a 1119708397 020 $a 9781119708391 035 $a (OCoLC)1153340506 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d YDX $d EAU $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a D16 C83 2021 100 1 $a Cullen, Jim, $d 1962- $e author. 245 10 $a Essaying the past : $b how to read, write and think about history / $c Jim Cullen. 250 $a Fourth edition. 264 1 $a Hoboken, NJ : $b John Wiley & Sons, Inc., $c [2021] 300 $a xix, 217 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm 505 0 $a 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 -- 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. 520 $a "Jim Cullen guides the reader through the nuts and bolts of producing good historical prose, discussing key strategies such as framing questions, developing a strong introduction and topic sentences, choosing good evidence, and the important role of revision. Beginning with a survey of the field, this book offers useful insight into how to read and understand a wide variety of historical sources, as well as providing an introduction to historiography, helpful tips for conducting research, and a discussion of what it means to think and read analytically. Cullen also offers a set of appendices that cover the major issues facing students of history today, among them the dangers of plagiarism, the role of the Internet, and the need for correctly annotated and formatted footnotes and bibliographies."-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 650 0 $a History $x Methodology. 650 0 $a Historiography. 650 0 $a Academic writing. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Cullen, Jim, 1962- $t Essaying the past $b Fourth edition. $d Hoboken : Wiley, [2021] $z 9781119708414 $w (DLC) 2020020444 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117011939.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210707012300.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=355E2810AD6711EBBB9470C722ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search