Beginning with how historians find topics and research them, the book sharpens such skills as interpreting source materials,drawing inferences from sources, and constructing arguments.
Ideal for readers aged 9+, the Writing History series combines written evidence from the past with engaging writing activities to explore the fascinating worlds of ancient civilisations.
Massey had opened in the mid-1960s as a quasi-independent haven for graduate students at Toronto under the mastership of the anglophilic Canadian writer Robertson Davies. In the early years, I was repelled by the college's forbidding ...
One of my earliest pieces for Canadian Business was a scathing review ofBronfman Dynasty by Peter C. Newman, all ofwhose books, then and since,I found unreadable, inaccurate, and smarmy. Newman's ham-fisted feel for Canadian history, ...
Designed for Canadian students in all areas of the discipline, this book includes up-to-date information and examples from the works of cultural, political, and social historians onfinding a research topic, interpreting source materials, ...
The third edition of Writing History provides students and teachers with a comprehensive overview of how the study of history is informed by a broader intellectual and analytical framework, exploring the emergence and development of history ...