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Social scientists, whether earnest graduate students or tenured faculty members, clearly know the rules that govern good writing. But for some reason they choose to ignore those guidelines and churn out turgid, pompous, and obscure prose. Distinguished sociologist Howard S. Becker, true to his calli...
Author
Howard S. Becker
Binding
Paperback
Pages
187
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN #
0226041085
EAN Code
9780226041087
ISBN #
7
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 cla...
Author
Howard S. Becker
Binding
Paperback
Pages
208
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
ISBN #
9780226041322
EAN Code
9780226041322
ISBN #
1
Book by Richards, Pamela
Author
Pamela Richards
Binding
Paperback
Pages
160
Publisher
Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN #
1457510286
EAN Code
9781457510281
ISBN #
3