Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article: Second Edition (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) By Howard Saul Becker, Pamela [Contributor] Richards ISBN: 9780226041322 EAN: 8582026666665 ASIN: B007YXQ19K Published: 2007 Number of Pages: 208 Edition: 2nd Binding: Paperback

Pricing & Availability: Additional Details: Product Type: Book Publisher: University Of Chicago Press Description: Students and researchers all write under pressure, and those pressures - most lamentably, the desire to impress your audience rather than to communicate with them - often lead to pretentious prose, academic posturing, and, not infrequently, writer's block. Sociologist Howard S. Becker has written the classic book on how to conquer these pressures and simply write. First published nearly twenty years ago, "Writing for Social Scientists" has become a lifesaver for writers in all fields, from beginning students to published authors. Becker's message is clear: in order to learn how to write, take a deep breath and then begin writing. Revise. Repeat. It is not always an easy process, as Becker wryly relates. Decades of teaching, researching, and writing have given him plenty of material, and Becker neatly exposes the foibles of academia and its "publish or perish" atmosphere. Wordiness, the passive voice, inserting a "the way in which" when a simple "how" will do - all these mechanisms are a part of the social structure of academic writing. By shrugging off such impediments - or at the very least, putting them aside for a few hours - we can reform our work habits and start writing lucidly without worrying about grades, peer approval, or "the literature." In this new edition, Becker takes account of major changes in the computer tools available today and also substantially expands his analysis of how academic institutions create problems for writers. As competition in higher education grows increasingly heated, "Writing for Social Scientists" will provide solace to a new generation of frazzled, would-be writers.

Library of Congress Control Number
   - LC control Number:  2007012022
   - LC control Number: 2007012022

International Standard Book Number: 0226041301: 0226041301 (cloth : alk. paper): 0226041328 (pbk. : alk. paper): 9780226041308 (cloth : alk. paper): 9780226041322 (pbk. : alk. paper)
   - Terms of availability: $30.00

Library of Congress Call Number
   - Classification number: H61.8
   - Item number: .B43 2007

Dewey Decimal Classification Number
   - Edition number: 22
   - Classification number: 808/.0663

Main Entry - Personal Name
   - Personal name: Becker, Howard Saul,
   - Dates associated with a name: 1928-

Title Statement
   - Title: Writing for social scientists :
   - Remainder of title: how to start and finish your thesis, book, or article /
   - Statement of responsibility, etc.: Howard S. Becker ; with a chapter by Pamela Richards
   - Statement of responsibility, etc.: Howard S. Becker ; with a chapter by Pamela Richards.

Edition Statement: 2nd ed: 2nd ed.

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint)
   - Place of publication, distribution, etc.: Chicago :
   - Name of publisher, distribution, etc.: University of Chicago Press,
   - Date of publication, distribution, etc.: 2007
   - Date of publication, distribution, etc.: 2007.

Physical Description
   - Extent: xiv, 197 p. :
   - Extent: xiv, 197 p. ;
   - Other physical details: ill.
   - Other physical details: ill. ;
   - Dimensions: 22 cm
   - Dimensions: 22 cm.

Series Statement/Added Entry - Title: Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing

Series Statement: Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing

Bibliography, etc. Note
   - Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-192) and index
   - Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-192) and index.
   - Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note: 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 -- Writing with computers -- A final word: 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 -- Writing with computers -- A final word.

Subject Added Entry - Topical Term
   - Topical term or geographic name entry element: Academic writing
   - Topical term or geographic name entry element: Academic writing.
   - Topical term or geographic name entry element: Communication in the social sciences
   - Topical term or geographic name entry element: Communication in the social sciences.
   - Topical term or geographic name entry element: Social sciences
   - Topical term or geographic name entry element: Sociology
   - General subdivision: Authorship
   - General subdivision: Authorship.

Added Entry - Personal Name
   - Personal name: Richards, Pamela
   - Personal name: Richards, Pamela.

Series Added Entry - Uniform Title
   - Uniform title: Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing.