The Essential Guide to Writing History Essays

The Essential Guide to Writing History Essays

Author: Katherine Pickering Antonova

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0190271159

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The Essential Guide to Writing History Essays is a step-by-step guide to the typical assignments of any undergraduate or master's-level history program in North America. Effective writing is a process of discovery, achieved through the continual act of making choices--what to include or exclude, how to order elements, and which style to choose--each according to the author's goals and the intended audience. The book integrates reading and specialized vocabulary with writing and revision and addresses the evolving nature of digital media while teaching the terms and logic of traditional sources and the reasons for citation as well as the styles. This approach to writing not only helps students produce an effective final product and build from writing simple, short essays to completing a full research thesis, it also teaches students why and how an essay is effective, empowering them to approach new writing challenges with the freedom to find their own voice.


Theory as History

Theory as History

Author: Jairus Banaji

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2010-03-22

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 9004183728

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Winner of the 2011 Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize. The essays collected here straddle four decades of work in both historiography and Marxist theory, combining source-based historical work in a wide range of languages with sophisticated discussion of Marx's categories. Key themes include the distinctions that are crucial to restoring complexity to the Marxist notion of a 'mode of production'; the emergence of medieval relations of production; the origins of capitalism; the dichotomy between free and unfree labour; and essays in agrarian history that range widely from Byzantine Egypt to 19th-century colonialism. The essays demonstrate the importance of reintegrating theory with history and of bringing history back into historical materialism. An introductory chapter ties the collection together and shows how historical materialists can develop an alternative to Marx's 'Asiatic mode of production'.


From Compositors to Collectors

From Compositors to Collectors

Author: John Hinks

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13:

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The essays in this collection trace texts from their creation and printing through to their publication, dissemination, and collection. In doing so, they show how production processes change texts and how collectors subsequently appropriate them for their own ends. By examining the diverse activities of those involved in both textual creation and collection over a long period, these essays highlight both continuities and changes in the book trade. Taken together, this collection offers considerable new insights into many facets of the book trade, ranging from creation to consumption. This newest addition to the Print Networks series includes nineteen essays from leading book history scholars, including Mariko Nagase, Daniel Cook, Stephen Brown, Brian Hillyard, Catherine Delafield, Rob Allen, Rachel Bower, Iain Beavan, and more. The "compositors" section covers everything from The Mayor of Quinborough, published in 1661, to My Name is Salma, published in 2007. Essays on "collectors" include Dr. James Fraser, Titus Wheatcroft, Sir Walter Scott, the USA Armed Services, and more. The book is illustrated throughout in black and white. Available in the UK from The British Library.


Essays in History

Essays in History

Author: Charles Poor Kindleberger

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 9780472110025

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Classic Kindleberger: Engaging and stimulating reading on eclectic topics in finance, economics, and the life of this captivating author


Historical Essays

Historical Essays

Author: Thomas Carlyle

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 1258

ISBN-13: 9780520220614

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Historical Essays provides an authoritative critical, annotated edition of Carlyle's essays on history and historical subjects.


Historical Essays

Historical Essays

Author: Joseph B. Lightfoot

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2006-04-14

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1597526452

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These essays, by one of the pre-eminent New Testament scholars of the nineteenth century, demonstrate Lightfoot's wide range as a historian, theologian, and thoughtful Christian. Four of these five essays began as lectures, delivered in the 1870s. The last essay was written shortly before Lightfoot's death. Contents 1. Christian Life in the Second and Third Centuries 2. Comparative Progress of Ancient and Modern Missions 3. England During the Latter Half of the Thirteenth Century 4. The Chapel of St. Peter and the Manor-House of Auckland 5. Donne, the Poet-Preacher


Essays in Bibliographical History

Essays in Bibliographical History

Author: George Thomas Tanselle

Publisher: Bibliographical Society of University of Virginia

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 560

ISBN-13:

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The state of bibliography today (1979) -- Physical bibliography in the twentieth century (1979) -- The evolving role of bibliography (1984) -- Issues in bibliographical studies since 1942 (1992) -- Years on : bibliography then and now (2003) -- Thoughts on the centenary of The Bibliographical Society of America (2004) -- The historiography of American literary publishing (1965) -- The Bibliographical Society's News sheet, 1894-1920 (1967) -- The descriptive bibliography of American authors (1968) -- Copyright records and the bibliographer (1969) -- The periodical literature of English and American bibliography (1968) -- Indianapolis in the world of books (1973) -- Bibliography and science (1974) -- The descriptive bibliography of eighteenth-century books (1975) -- The centennial meeting and convocation of the Grolier Club (1984) -- Exhibitions at the Grolier Club (1984) -- The varieties of scholarly editing (1985) -- The fiftieth anniversary of The Bibliographical Society of the University Of Virginia (1997) -- A history of Studies in bibliography : the first fifty years (1997) -- A brief history of the English short-title catalogue in North America (1998) -- Some thoughts on catalogues (2008) -- The textual criticism of visual and aural works (2008) -- Bibliographical history as a field of study (1988).


At the Limits of History

At the Limits of History

Author: Keith Jenkins

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-02-01

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1136029826

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"Why bother with history? Keith Jenkins has an answer. He helps us re-think the "end of history", as signalled by postmodernity. Readers may disagree with him, but he never fails to provoke debate about the future of the past." Joanna Bourke, Professor of History, Birkbeck College Keith Jenkins’ work on historical theory is renowned; this collection presents the essential elements of his work over the last fifteen years. Here we see Jenkins address the difficult and complex question of defining the limits of history. The collection draws together the key pieces of his work in one handy volume, encompassing the ever controversial issue of postmodernism and history, questions on the end of history and radical history into the future. Exchanges with Perez Zagorin and Michael Coleman further illuminate the level of debate that has surrounded postmodernism, and which continues to do so. An extended introduction and abstracts which contextualize each piece, together with a foreword by Hayden White and an afterword by Alun Munslow, make this collection essential reading for all those interested in the theory and practice of history and its development over the last few decades.