Editing historical documents : a handbook of practice
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Editing historical documents : a handbook of practice
（American Association for State and Local History book series）
AltaMira Press, c1997
- pbk.
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"Published in cooperation with the American Association for State and Local History, the Association for Documentary Editing, and the State Historical Society of Wisconsin."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-256) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This volume is aimed both at more experienced editors, who may wish to skip over the advice offered in the introduction, as well as at those who are new to the craft and want to know how to begin work on publishing historical documents of interest to them.
Table of Contents
chapter 1 About the Authors chapter 2 Preface chapter 3 Introduction chapter 4 What, Why, How and for Whom? chapter 5 Selection and Arrangement of Documents chapter 6 General Principles of Transcription and Proofreading chapter 7 Transcription: Types of Sources chapter 8 Presenting the Text chapter 9 Principles of Annotation chapter 10 Forms of Annotation chapter 11 Special Issues of Access and Indexing chapter 12 Front and Back Matter chapter 13 Bibliography and Short Titles chapter 14 Index
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