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HISTORY WORKSHOP CONSULTANTSPUBLICATION REPORT

About History Workshop ConsultantsHistory Workshop Consultants is a non-profit company consulting firm devoted tocreating and developing high quality historical work for the academic, public, andcommercial sectors. We offer a range of services, from research to content analysis todigital publication. Our work is thorough, timely, and at the leading edge of thehistorical profession.

About our Publication Reports History Workshop Consultants Publication Reports provide our clients with professionalpeer review and analysis of manuscripts, books, articles, films, web sites and more.Each of our reports provide summaries of the author and analytical summaries of thetext. Our clients receive a complete methodological, theoretical, and historiographical

summary, which places the material in its professional context. Finally, all reportsprovide an evaluative summary, which explains both the strengths and weaknesses ofthe material with recommendations on publishing or re-publishing.

Prepared for: Jason M. Kelly, Director

Prepared by: _____________________

Prepared on: Monday, January 6, 2014

Citation for Material under Review (must be in Chicago Manual of Style format):

Time spent reading the text (hours and minutes): ______

Time spent preparing report (hours and minutes): ______

Overall Quality of the Material (5=good; 1=poor): ______

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Summary of the Material (What is the work about? 100 words or fewer):

Thesis (primary argument):

Thesis supported by evidence (5=good; 1=poor): ______

Methodology (What methodology/methodologies does the author employ? Whatkinds of sources does the author use? How does the author use the sources?What types of sources does the author ignore?): {Note that some examples of approaches to history and schools associated with particular methodsinclude the following: Positivist; Marxist; Materialist History; Comparative; Womens History; GenderHistory; History of Ideas; Teleological; Annales School; Ethnohistory; Big History; Digital History; SocialHistory; Radical History; Cliometric; Counterfactual History; Comparative History; Diplomatic History;

Economic History; Great Man History; Metahistory; Political History; Psychohistory; Critical History;Frankfurt School; Labor History; Religious History; Oral History; Public History. Many scholars use an

assortment of approaches and methods. For more information on methodology in history, click here}

Use of evidence to support argument (5=good; 1=poor):



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Theory (What theory/theories does the author employ? How do they help theauthor make a better argument? To what extent is the use of theory successful inmaking the argument effective?): {Note that some examples of approaches to history and schools associated with particular theoriesinclude the following: Positivist; Marxist; Deconstruction/Poststructuralism; Gender History; Teleological;

Postcolonial; New Historicism. Many scholars use a blending of theories. For more information onmethodology in history, click here}

Use of theory to support argument (5=good; 1=poor):

Historiography (How does this material relate to the current arguments in thediscipline? Is the argument relevant to debates within the discipline? How doesthe author attempt to situate the work in the disciplinary landscape? Whatcontributions does it make to the field?):

Author clearly explains historiographical significance (5=good; 1=poor):Author makes a significant contribution to the historical literature (5=good;1=poor):



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Assessment (What is your overall assessment of the work? What are itsstrengths and weaknesses? Should the client publish or re-publish the work?Why or why not?):

Author Biography (Who is the author, and what is the authors professionalcredentials?):


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