Why We Write: The Politics and Practice of Writing for Social Change: The Politics and Practice of Writing for Social Change

by Jim Downs

First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

208 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 1, 2005

About the author

Jim Downs is Gilder Lehrman–National Endowment for the Humanities Professor of Civil War Era Studies and History at Gettysburg College. He is the editor of Civil War History and author and editor of six other books, including Sick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Reviews

[Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Worth it for the Jill Lepore essay alone, there are lots of great contributions to this collection that illuminate the variety of impulses underlying academic writing and serve as important reminders about the myriad reasons scholarship (manifest in writing) is essential.