Research Catalog

Writing for social scientists : how to start and finish your thesis, book, or article

Title
Writing for social scientists : how to start and finish your thesis, book, or article / Howard S. Becker, with a chapter by Pamela Richards.
Author
Becker, Howard S. (Howard Saul), 1928-2023
Publication
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1986]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
TextUse in library H91 .B4 1986Off-site

Details

Additional Authors
Richards, Pamela.
Description
xii, 180 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
An examination of the moral and emotional problems at the root of bad writing.
Series Statement
Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing
Uniform Title
Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing
Subject
  • Social sciences > Authorship
  • Sociology > Authorship
  • Academic writing
  • Social sciences
  • Writing
  • Social Sciences
  • Writing
  • Dissertations, Academic
  • social sciences
  • writing (processes)
  • Ciencias sociales > Metodología
  • Escritos científicos
  • Social sciences
  • Academic writing
  • Social sciences > Authorship
  • Sociology > Authorship
  • Schreiben
  • Sozialwissenschaften
  • Wissenschaftliches Manuskript
  • Schrijfvaardigheid
  • Uitgeven
  • Wetenschappelijke publicaties
  • Sociale wetenschappen
  • Communication in the social sciences
  • Sciences sociales > Méthodologie
  • Sociologie > Méthodologie
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 169-175.
Contents
Preface -- Freshman English for graduate students -- Persona and authority -- One right way -- Editing by ear -- Learning to write as a professional -- Risk / by Pamela Richards -- Getting it out the door -- Terrorized by the literature -- Friction and word processors -- A final word.
ISBN
  • 0226041077
  • 9780226041070
  • 0226041085
  • 9780226041087
LCCN
85016504
OCLC
  • ocm12370161
  • 12370161
  • SCSB-634947
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library