HIS 466- Topic 1 Book Analysis
Choose a book from the list provided or a book approved by your instructor (you may want to consider, but are not required to, choose a book that will assist in your research paper throughout the course). Use the book chosen to answer the following prompts below.
Name:
Bibliographic reference for book under review:
Author’s Biographic Information (who is the author and what is their academic background – why are they an authority?) 100 to 150 words:
Main Thesis (Quote the author’s thesis or summarize it) 50 to 100 words:
Purpose/Major Questions: (what is the author’s purpose for writing this book? In order words, why did they take all that time to research and write this book? What questions is the author trying to answer?) 50 to 100 words:
Chronological and Topical Scope (As a scholar can only do so much, what are the boundaries, in time and topic of this book? What years? What general topics does the author touch on?) 50 to 100 words:
Place/Contribution to Historiography (What does the scholar’s work bring to the scholarly discussion on this topic? Are they arguing for or against another scholar’s work?) 50 to 100 words:
Brief Synopsis (a summary or overview) plus Critique (yours and other academics) 500 to 750 words:
Sources (What type of sources does the author use? What are the main ones the author seems to rely on the most? Discuss) 100 to 150 words:
Reviews (List the bibliographic reference to 2 or 3 academic journal book reviews):
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