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San Diego :
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,
©1985.
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| Edition: | 4th edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. First principles:
- Research and report as historian's work
- The abc of technique
- pt. 2. Research:
- The searcher's mind and virtues
- Finding the facts
- Verification
- Handling ideas
- Truth and causation
- Pattern, bias, and the great systems
- Historians in Europe and America
- Relic-hunting, anti-history, and social science
- pt. 3. Writing:
- Organizing: paragraph, chapter, and part
- Plain words: the war on jargon and clichés
- Clear sentences: right emphasis and rhythm
- The arts of quoting and translating
- The rules of citing: footnotes and bibliography
- Revising for printer and public.