This provides the practical help students need to be effective in their history courses. In addition to introducing students to the nature of the discipline, it teaches a wide range of skills from preparing for exams to approaching common writing assignments, and it explains the research and documentation process using numerous examples throughout.
'A Student’s Guide to History is the most comprehensive and well-organized guide that I have seen.' - James H. Williams, Middle Tennessee State University, USA
'Of all the guides I have tried, A Student’s Guide to History is the best.' - Charles Sanders, Jr., Kansas State University, USA
'A Student’s Guide to History is an excellent toolbox of essential skills for doing history.' - Roger Davis, University of Nebraska at Kearney, USA
'A Student’s Guide to History is an excellent companion piece for any level history course.' - Roger Davis, University of Nebraska at Kearney, USA
'Outstanding! For history students, Benjamin is superior.' - Kenneth Wilburn, East Carolina University, USA
The Subject of History
Succeeding in Your History Class
Working with Historical Evidence
Building a History Essay
Preparing Specific Writing Assignments
Researching a History Topic
Writing a Research Paper
Documenting Your Paper: Citing Sources in Chicago Style
JULES R. BENJAMIN was a professor of history at Ithaca College for 30 years. His current research focuses on higher education in the digital age, and his scholarly works concern modern United States and Latin American diplomatic history. He is the author of several books and articles, including The United States and Cuba: Hegemony and Dependent Development, 1880–1934 (1977) and The United States and the Origins of the Cuban Revolution: An Empire of Liberty in an Age of National Liberation (1990).
Description
This provides the practical help students need to be effective in their history courses. In addition to introducing students to the nature of the discipline, it teaches a wide range of skills from preparing for exams to approaching common writing assignments, and it explains the research and documentation process using numerous examples throughout.
Reviews
'A Student’s Guide to History is the most comprehensive and well-organized guide that I have seen.' - James H. Williams, Middle Tennessee State University, USA
'Of all the guides I have tried, A Student’s Guide to History is the best.' - Charles Sanders, Jr., Kansas State University, USA
'A Student’s Guide to History is an excellent toolbox of essential skills for doing history.' - Roger Davis, University of Nebraska at Kearney, USA
'A Student’s Guide to History is an excellent companion piece for any level history course.' - Roger Davis, University of Nebraska at Kearney, USA
'Outstanding! For history students, Benjamin is superior.' - Kenneth Wilburn, East Carolina University, USA
Contents
The Subject of History
Succeeding in Your History Class
Working with Historical Evidence
Building a History Essay
Preparing Specific Writing Assignments
Researching a History Topic
Writing a Research Paper
Documenting Your Paper: Citing Sources in Chicago Style
Authors
JULES R. BENJAMIN was a professor of history at Ithaca College for 30 years. His current research focuses on higher education in the digital age, and his scholarly works concern modern United States and Latin American diplomatic history. He is the author of several books and articles, including The United States and Cuba: Hegemony and Dependent Development, 1880–1934 (1977) and The United States and the Origins of the Cuban Revolution: An Empire of Liberty in an Age of National Liberation (1990).
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