Writing History: A Guide for Students 2nd Edition
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interpreting source materials, drawing inferences from sources, and constructing arguments. It concludes with three chapters that discuss writing effective sentences, using precise wording, and revising. Using numerous examples from the works of cultural, political, and social historians, Writing
History serves as an ideal supplement to history courses that require students to conduct research. The second edition includes expanded sections on plagiarism, interviewing, and topic selection, as well as new sections on searching and using the Internet.
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"Storey's book is a first-rate guide for students who are new to the field of history and to the processes of historical research and writing. He offers a useful framework for organizing and successfully completing a major research project in a history class."--Ellen Stroud, Oberlin College
"It is rare that books about writing are well-written. This is a well-presented story that should keep students' attention throughout. It is also brilliantly practical. This is the computer manual that tells you to plug in the machine first. It is a work that students will read and that faculty can
rely on."--Mark A. Kishlansky, Harvard University
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- Publisher : Oxford University Press; 2nd edition (July 17, 2003)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 128 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0195166094
- ISBN-13 : 978-0195166095
- Item Weight : 5.5 ounces
- Dimensions : 8.1 x 0.3 x 5.4 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,176,465 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #860 in Historical Study & Teaching
- #1,847 in Historiography (Books)
- #2,176 in Creative Writing & Composition
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William Kelleher Storey was born in Queens, New York, in 1965. Bill grew up on Long Island and was educated at Andover, Harvard, and Johns Hopkins. He began his college teaching career at Harvard, where he taught writing from 1995 to 1997. Since 1999 he has been a history professor at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. In 2013, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education named Storey to be the State Winner in the U.S. Professor of the Year competition. Bill's research and writing about the history of international conflict and technology has been supported by a Fulbright Scholarship as well as grants from the MacArthur Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Society for the History of Technology has awarded him the Abbot Payson Usher Prize for the year's best journal article (2005) and the Sidney M. Edelstein Prize for the year's best book (2009).
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Storey's book is an excellent first book for someone who wants to write about history, although it does not get very deep into the subject. For theories of historiography you'll need to look at other books. Also, this book won't replace your grammar manual or stylebook. Think of it as your first stop.
The downside is you'll graduate with a history degree and be under-employed like the rest of us.



