"The Essential Guide to Writing History Papers is a step-by-step guide to the typical assignments of any North American history program at the undergraduate or master's level: response papers, short-answer and analytical exam essays, historiography and book reviews, primary source interpretations, research projects, and imaginative essays. Each section contains prose explanations, exercises, and examples, individually numbered for easy reference in course materials and classroom exercises. Reading and specialized vocabulary are integrated with writing and revision throughout the book. Sections on research address the evolving nature of digital media while teaching the terms and logic of traditional sources and the reasons for citation as well as the styles."-- Provided by publisher.

Orientation -- What is academic writing? -- What is history? -- The short-answer identification essay -- The response paper -- The short analytical essay -- Imaginative projects -- The historiographical essay -- Primary source interpretation -- Historical research -- The research essay.