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To: The Philosopher who wrote (45846)7/16/1999 2:11:00 PM
From: jbe  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
Any hints?

Well, if you are already a professional historian or a history buff, interested in a particular field, trial and error will already have shown you where to look -- and where not to look.

Otherwise, a good rule of thumb is to avoid professional journals; most of the articles published in them, and many of the books they review, are written primarily in order to get promotion and/or tenure. Not conducive to what we would call good style.

On the other hand, much can be gleaned from reading a publication like The New York Review of Books. The great thing about the NYROB is that it gives you up-to-date snapshots of seminal work being done in just about any field you can name, while at the same time retaining its "literary" bias. In other words, its readers expect it to focus on work capable of entertaining, as well as instructing. So I would (and do) pay special attention to its review articles on works of history. Most of the recommendations are likely to be "sure bets."

Joan
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