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| Short Guide to Writing About History, A (5th Edition) (Short Guide Series) | 
| Authors: Richard A. Marius, Melvin E. Page
Publisher: Longman
Category: Book
List Price: $38.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 259104
Media: Paperback
Edition: 5
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.2 x 0.5
ISBN: 0321227166
Dewey Decimal Number: 907.2
EAN: 9780321227164
ASIN: 0321227166
Publication Date: July 16, 2004
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Product Description
A “must have” for students taking any history course that requires writing, A Short Guide to Writing About History stresses thinking and writing like a historian. Writing essays, resource papers, writing and researching history. Any one who writes about history.
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 check it out October 11, 2008
well, it does tells you how to write good history lol....but i have read better books than this, in the end if you are not an advance write great book to pick up
short guide to writing about history (6th edition) January 9, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book has a great outline, thought process and good examples on the process of writing history.
Dr. Page rules! March 30, 2006
0 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is a great book and I was able to get even more out it since I am one of Dr. Page's students at East Tennessee State.
Extremely helpful book August 22, 2002
34 out of 35 found this review helpful
Marius has written an extremely readable and informative book on the writing of history. He proceeds from showing readers what questions to ask in doing historical research into types of historical writing can be done, from discriptive to argumentitive.
However, the most useful part of the book is the chapter on sources and writing. He skillfully shows readers how to choose a topic and narrow their focus into a managable paper. He also discusses the use of CD-Rom and Internet sources, a necessity for any good book on the writing of history in the early 21st century, particularly due to the increase in the reliance on Internet research by college undergraduates and HS students that are comfortable with this technology. The book also makes actually doing research seem like not such a daunting scary task, which at first thought it seems like for many undergraduates. The one problem with this section is that Marius advocates the use of paper notes. As has been seen with many professional academic historians lately, the use of paper notes can end up costing the writer dearly, particularly with the use of a large amount of sources. Marius should have included a section on how to use a data base or other computerized note taking system.
Marius also uses many examples to back up his points throughout the book, even publishing one complete paper and then commenting on its strengths and weaknesses in order to give the reader a better understanding. The remainder of the book is an extremely useful three chapters on writing mechanics as well as quoting and citing a variety of sources. I found the section on footnotes quite good and useful. This section will be especially useful for the undergraduate who arrives on campus without ever having to use footnotes while in high school.
Overall, this is an outstanding book. The only real drawback is that since its publication (3rd edition) the sections on the Internet are in many ways obsolete. But with the ever changing technology and things available on the Internet, both good and bad, no book can keep up.
Helpful Resource on Historography November 21, 2001
10 out of 13 found this review helpful
History prof recommended this for help in writing research papers in history department.Compact and inspirational, the author makes his points by way of examples and citations from historians. Passionate about his subject area, he communicates this well and infuses it into his observations and recommendations for writing about historical topics. While the jury is still out on my first paper to utilize this resource, I already know I am a better writer of history for having utilized this fine resource. Just the idea of grabbing your reader and making him want to read the rest was useful.
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