Writing for Social Scientists 2nd Revised Edition - How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article

Informationen zum Autor Howard S. Becker lives and works in San Francisco. He is the author of several books! including Outsiders! Tricks of the Trade! and Telling About Society. Klappentext Students and researchers write under pressure! and those pressures - the desire to impress your audience rather than to communicate with them - often lead to pretentious prose! academic posturing! and writer's block. This title takes account of changes in computer tools and also analyses how academic institutions create problems for writers. Zusammenfassung Students and researchers write under pressure! and those pressures - the desire to impress your audience rather than to communicate with them - often lead to pretentious prose! academic posturing! and writer's block. This title takes account of changes in computer tools and also analyses how academic institutions create problems for writers.

Product details

• Authors: Howard S. Becker, Howard Saul Becker, Pamela Richards
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2007
• EAN: 9780226041322
• ISBN: 978-0-226-04132-2
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 215 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing and Publishing; Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing; Chicago GDES Writing Editing & Publishing CGWEP (CHUP); Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing and Publishing (CHUP)
• Subjects: Education and learning; Ratgeber: Karriere und Erfolg, Soziologie und Anthropologie, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Reference, REFERENCE / Writing Skills, Composition & Creative Writing - Academic