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Comments on: Bibliographies https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=3542 Bringing obscurity into focus Thu, 11 Apr 2019 15:39:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.22 By: John Foskett https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=3542&cpage=1#comment-49956 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:19:46 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=3542#comment-49956 Here’s my problem with any book which has source notes but not a bibliography (aside from the inconvemience of having to go through the notes in order to discern what the author has used). One can’t know which sources the author has consulted but (1) has used only for general background/context or (2) has rejected. For example, a bibliography should in my opinion show that manuscript sources were consulted even if they didn’t result in material in the final, edited text which merits a note. The reader then knows at least that the author has presumably looked in the right places but didn’t encounter anything which justifies a note.

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By: Sal Cilella https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=3542&cpage=1#comment-49885 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:23:14 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=3542#comment-49885 Agreed on all points. What we are all saying, whether you call them “footnotes,” “endnotes,” “primary sources,” “secondary sources,” or a “bibliography,” is that they are all scholarly apparatus. They provide evidence that a writer has intellectually engaged his/her subject, sorted the evidence, made critical judgments based on the evidence and consulted what other scholars had to say on the subject. I also check the dust cover for the author’s resume. Those with no scholarly experience (all the above) are rejected.

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By: Chris https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=3542&cpage=1#comment-49864 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:49:16 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=3542#comment-49864 Perhaps a bigger question: Why is the Civil War Times even bothering to review it? Speaks more about them than the quality of the book. Why review an inferior publication when so many others that are deeply researched and well written are ignored.

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By: Pat Young https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=3542&cpage=1#comment-49837 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 06:30:12 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=3542#comment-49837 With the advent of the net, even publisher resistance is not an excuse for a lack of a bibliography and footnotes. A free word press site can hold all the academic accoutrements necessary. In addition, it is always welcome for the beginner to find a bibliographic essay, just a one pager, on interesting sources that he or she may want to read.

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By: Jane Johansson https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=3542&cpage=1#comment-49801 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:45:20 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=3542#comment-49801 The first thing that I turn to in a book are the footnotes/endnotes and then the bibliography. The footnotes/endnotes reveal the sources that the author actually used; bibliographies, although valuable, can be padded with sources that the author never used. I, too, am distressed when a book is missing a bibliography. If I am doing a research project and want to see the sources that the author used on a particular topic then the bibliography is a quick and easy resource to look through. By contrast, it is incredibly tedious to look through footnotes/endnotes for the same information. I can’t speak to the specific cases that you mentioned in your posting, but I have wondered if the lack of a bibliography may, in some cases, be publisher driven.

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By: Chris Evans https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=3542&cpage=1#comment-49796 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:50:40 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=3542#comment-49796 Another example I meant to mention is Edward Longacre’s books on the cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia and on the cavalry of the Army of the Potomac.

I think those are excellent books certainly some of the best that Longacre has yet written. His bibliography in these books are chocked full of primary and secondary sources but he did not use all of them in the text as evidenced by going over the endnotes of the books. So he has a incredible bibliography but just used a core of sources for his text.

Chris

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By: Chris Evans https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=3542&cpage=1#comment-49795 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:43:01 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=3542#comment-49795 I know what you are saying about bibliographies. I think books should have them.

If a book doesn’t have them I don’t think it automatically makes them worthless. As a poster says above I think Footnotes and Endnotes are the key things to have.

For example, Holzer’s book on Lincoln as President elect does not have a bibliography but it is extensively endnoted. I think that the book is still a excellent look at this time period and I definitely still enjoy reading and using it despite the lack of a bibliography but I can understand how frustrating it is not to have one.

Chris

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By: Brad Snyder https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=3542&cpage=1#comment-49785 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 16:09:02 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=3542#comment-49785 Eric,

Any rant that contains a reference to Carhart’s “festering pile of turds” is pretty good in and of itself. Keep up the good work General!

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By: Mike Peters https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=3542&cpage=1#comment-49780 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 03:57:40 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=3542#comment-49780 Eric,

Spot on Hoss!

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By: Butch Barringer https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=3542&cpage=1#comment-49762 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 19:45:27 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=3542#comment-49762 Eric,
I agree with you. The first thing I do is look to see the footnotes or endnotes, then the bibliography. If the book is lacking any of these, I will skip the book.

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