{"product_id":"the-rhetoric-of-history-savoie-lottinville-9780806121901","title":"The Rhetoric of History","description":"The sole purpose of this book, said author Savoie Lottinville, is \"to help the person committed to history to become an effective writer in that inviting field.\" Lottinville emphasizes that writing must be practiced as a discipline, as exacting as research and as elusive as achievement in any other art. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs every historian discovers, it is one thing to learn historical method and amass data and quite another to write effectively about any period or episode. Research is an absorbing means to an end, but writing is often baffling, especially to the beginner. \u003ci\u003eThe Rhetoric of History\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes techniques historians need to employ and includes examples of the writing styles of many of the most notable historians of the United States and Europe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTopics covered include: -Conceptualization in history -Handling -Openings -Constructing scenes -Narrative structures and analytical historical writing -Continuity -Managing time, place, and cultural milieu -Editing bibliographies and original documents, and -Considerations of historical publishing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrimming with practical advice, \u003ci\u003eThe Rhetoric of History \u003c\/i\u003ewill prove to be indispensable to historians--both professional and amateur.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Savoie Lottinville\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0806121904\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806121901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.53w x 0.83d","brand":"Savoie Lottinville","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48435697123583,"sku":"9780806121901","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_12e43b07-5a50-4aff-8e01-d63b7f70a3d1.jpg?v=1777152096","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-rhetoric-of-history-savoie-lottinville-9780806121901","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}