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The Modern researcher. / Jacques Barzun and Henry F. Graff

By: Barzun, JacquesContributor(s): Graff, Henry FMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Harcourt: New York, c1957Description: xiii, 386 p.: ill.; 22cmSubject(s): HistoriographyLOC classification: D13.B28
Contents:
Contents: First principles: Research and report as historian's work -- The ABC of technique -- 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 -- Writing: Organizing: paragraph, charter, and part -- Plain words: the war on jargons and cliches -- Clear sentences: right emphasis and right rhythm -- The Art of quoting and translating -- The Rules of citing: footnotes and bibliography -- Revising for printer and public.
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Includes index

Contents: First principles: Research and report as historian's work -- The ABC of technique -- 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 -- Writing: Organizing: paragraph, charter, and part -- Plain words: the war on jargons and cliches -- Clear sentences: right emphasis and right rhythm -- The Art of quoting and translating -- The Rules of citing: footnotes and bibliography -- Revising for printer and public.

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