The modern researcher / Jacques Barzun ; Henry F. Graff.

By:

Barzun, Jacques

Contributor(s):

Graff, Henry F., jt. au

Material type:

ACADEMIC WRITING -- HISTORIOGRAPHY

LOC classification:

D 13 B289 1957

Contents:

PART 1. PRINCIPLES - Research and report as historian's work - The ABC of technique PART 2. Research - The searcher: his mind and virtues - Finding the facts - Verification - Handling ideas - Truth and causation - Pattern, bias, and the great systems - Historians in Europe and America - The sister disciplines PART 3. WRITING - Organizing: paragraph, chapter, and part - Plain words: the war on Jargon and cliches - Clear sentences: right emphasis and right rhythm - The arts of quoting and translating - The rules of citing: footnotes and bibliography - Revising for printer and public

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Includes index.

PART 1. PRINCIPLES
- Research and report as historian's work
- The ABC of technique

PART 2. Research
- The searcher: his mind and virtues
- Finding the facts
- Verification
- Handling ideas
- Truth and causation
- Pattern, bias, and the great systems
- Historians in Europe and America
- The sister disciplines

PART 3. WRITING
- Organizing: paragraph, chapter, and part
- Plain words: the war on Jargon and cliches
- Clear sentences: right emphasis and right rhythm
- The arts of quoting and translating
- The rules of citing: footnotes and bibliography
- Revising for printer and public

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