Writing for Social Scientists by Howard S Becker
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.
"Humane, wry, reflective, gentle, wise...A primer in the sense that it teaches the elements of good writing [and] a shrewd and subtle essay on the social organization of scholarship." - Kai Erikson, Contemporary Sociology "This little book is must reading for any would-be writer, social scientist or not, who has sat in front of a blank piece of paper...and wondered whether the plants have been watered lately." - Jane Delano Brown, Journalism Quarterly"
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780226041322 |
| ISBN 10 | 0226041328 |
| Title | Writing for Social Scientists |
| Author | Howard S Becker |
| Series | Chicago Guides To Writing Editing And Publishing |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Year published | 2007-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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