History "Reading" In Graduate School
Saturday, May 8, 2010
4:00 PM
Labels: general U.S. intellectual history , graduate studies , how to read history books , Mortimer J. Adler , reading of interest , slow reading , writing: general
Labels: general U.S. intellectual history , graduate studies , how to read history books , Mortimer J. Adler , reading of interest , slow reading , writing: general
Larry Cebula, of Eastern Washington University, breaks down the infamous---and useful---grad school skim at his Northwest History weblog. I confess that I have used Larry's method on many occasions, and agree with most of his points. Allow me to add a few more tips.If you own the book and believe you are likely to keep it, follow some advice I obtained years ago from Mortimer Adler: Do not fear
