Historiographical Paper

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  explaining clearly the theoretical and historiographical aspects of the topic;
  
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  addressing a wide range of relevant scholarship, including the most recent publications;
  
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  identifying the questions historians have used to address this topic;
  
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  calling the reader’s attention to the development of scholarship over time ( how newer work builds on older work)
  
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  pointing out differences of opinion between authors;
  
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  comparing scholarship with respect to theoretical approach, use of evidence, and argument;
  
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  indicating what aspects of the topic remain unaddressed, and suggesting reasons why. This is where you can make your own carefully chosen and sensibly limited comments.
  

Note: a review should be based on a survey of at least 10 secondary sources. These may be journal articles, essays in books, or monographs. More is not necessarily better.

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