CRITICAL BOOK REVIEWS ✓ The critical book review is due March 13, 2019 (by 5:00 PM), and should be at least five, double-spaced pages in length (same font as the aforementioned summaries). ✓ Students must choose a book relevant to contemporary United States history, and ideally one that will be useful for their forthcoming research papers. ✓ Students should look at provided examples and book reviews in scholarly journals for an example to follow. ✓ Any cited material should be in the form of footnotes or endnotes and adhere to citation methods in Mary Lynn Rampolla’s, A Pocket Guide to Writing in History (9th edition) or Kate L. Turabian’s, A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (7th or 8th editions)— both are condensed, user-friendly versions of The Chicago Manual of Style. See provided examples for clarification of citation forms. ✓ Reviews should include the following: ➢ Publication information (author’s name, book title, place of publication, publisher, publication date, number of pages); ➢ Include the overall thesis (what the work is attempting to prove); ➢ What other arguments are put forth? ➢ What information does the publication bring forth? ➢ Overall critique (what sources are used; how well it is written; etc.) ➢ Where does the work fit in the historiography (general category of works) on the subject? ➢ If applicable: have others written about this work and/or how does it compare to similar works? footnote writing example https://learn-us-east-1-prod-fleet01-xythos.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/5c1c67a3c99fc/36990?response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%27Lingering%2520Lights%2520footnote%2520writing%2520example.pdf&response-content-type=application%2Fpdf&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20190304T001831Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=21600&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIBGJ7RCS23L3LEJQ%2F20190304%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Signature=ed4a7f87acb8d8d2b98d23f37f5aff82be34507455c1d36e3e4600866932262c how to create & insert citations https://learn-us-east-1-prod-fleet01-xythos.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/5c1c67a3c99fc/36989?response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%27Note%2520Placement.pdf&response-content-type=application%2Fpdf&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20190304T002057Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=21600&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIBGJ7RCS23L3LEJQ%2F20190304%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Signature=9fab32909e40b795c92afd4e895fd6e23991cbdfb434f52207095a957784f0fa endnote writing example https://learn-us-east-1-prod-fleet01-xythos.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/5c1c67a3c99fc/36991?response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%27Lingering%2520Lights%2520endnote%2520writing%2520example.pdf&response-content-type=application%2Fpdf&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20190304T002128Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=21600&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIBGJ7RCS23L3LEJQ%2F20190304%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Signature=27c806f8d0da2be7ef546bd274abf704dbf152e7c4cf6b1765f8b9d3c18d62fd Historiography Definitions https://guides.library.utoronto.ca/his423his489 Historiographical Essay Examples
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