Mumbai Fables by Gyan Prakash Book Review Good afternoon! Before you get started I just wanted to thank you and provide few instructions to follow. First t

Mumbai Fables by Gyan Prakash Book Review Good afternoon! Before you get started I just wanted to thank you and provide few instructions to follow. First thing first, this paper must get an A, so please don’t take an assignment if you haven’t read the book. Paper is Chicago style including 2 footnotes per page. ANY SOURCE EXCEPT THE BOOK ITSELF IS PROHIBITED. I’ll leave some pictures with more detailed explanation on how this book report should be written. Please read instructions carefully, otherwise my professor wont accept the paper was written. For more on Gyan Prakash, see his Princeton professional bio, and you do not need
to cite it, but certainly do not quote any of it: https://history.princeton.edu/people/gyan-
prakash
Author’s thesis: In a second paragraph, a reviewer should state the author’s thesis, or main
claim. In this section comes the reviewer’s thesis addressing the question: What is the quality of
the author’s proposed solution to the problem? The reviewer offers a qualitative thesis about
the quality or accuracy of the author’s argument; so a reviewer’s thesis emphasizes adjectives
regarding quality. The reviewer should also discuss any relevant viewpoint or bias that may
indicate why the author chose this thesis, or why the thesis is expressed a certain way, or other
relevant information about focus-what is included or excluded.
Author’s arguments: In three or four paragraphs, a reviewer should summarize the author’s
claims, key terms, and distinctions and how they are discussed or supported or grounded in
evidence; one paragraph per chapter or section is appropriate. In these paragraphs, a general
summary of the book should be taking place, and for this book it is appropriate to proceed
according to chapter since each is rather distinct in nature.
Weaknesses: Next, in two or three paragraphs, a reviewer should discuss the book’s
weaknesses, such as problems, omissions, or contrary points based in one’s own knowledge or
from research. A reviewer should avoid overly subjective opinions, such as “I just didn’t like it,”
or “It was too hard to read.”
Strengths: Next, a reviewer should focus on the book’s strengths and on one’s agreements; also,
if applicable, discuss why some weaknesses do not detract from the work or its thesis.
Tone: In a paragraph or two, a reviewer should discuss the book’s tone or style, expressing how
the book inspires (or discourages) readers to learn more about the topic, or otherwise affects
readers. Suggest what should be the next step in response to the book’s argument, challenge,
or implications
Conclusion: For the concluding paragraph, a reviewer should highlight the merits of the work,
why it is significant, or not so important, and the value that it offers to specific or general
readers.
In addition to the standard components above, these three issues/questions should be
broached at some point in the paper, and feel free to include them in the sections above or to
reserve individual paragraphs prior to the conclusion for them:
1) Why does Prakash engage in an investigation of the city that is his topic? What issues spurs
him to do this?
2) What were the most important forces in shaping Mumbai over time?
3) What themes from our course and other texts arise in Mumbai Fables? How so?
The formatting and citation policy for this paper is the same as our others and is indicated in
the syllabus.
Quoting and citing policy:
Quoting is the act of taking exact text from the source (in this case, the book), placing it in
quotation marks, and then citing it. This is different from just citing, which is placing citations
after material drawn from other sources, even if you did not quote them and use exact wording
(paraphrased materials require citations). So, this paper should contain many citations of the
book. However, it should not be overloaded with quotes. The more quotes you use, the less
space you allow for your analysis. That is a waste of word count. Therefore, quoted material
should not constitute more than 10% of the paper that’s about 200 words. Be very selective
about what you choose to quote. Of course, you can cite all over the place and are encouraged
to do so to show you have read and analyzed the entire book.
Although most pook reviews use parentnencai citation. I would like you to continue to use
ase,
quotation marks, and then citing it. This is different from just citing, which is placing citations
after material drawn from other sources, even if you did not quote them and use exact wording
(paraphrased materials require citations). So, this paper should contain many citations of the
book. However, it should not be overloaded with quotes. The more quotes you use, the less
space you allow for your analysis. That is a waste of word count. Therefore, quoted material
should not constitute more than 10% of the paper — that’s about 200 words. Be very selective
about what you choose to quote. Of course, you can cite all over the place and are encouraged
to do so to show you have read and analyzed the entire book.
Although most book reviews use parenthetical citation, I would like you to continue to use
Chicago Turabian footnotes so you can master that skill. I do not expect a lot of footnotes; all
you need to cite are your quotes.
Even if you reference other works in including question 3 in your review, I do not require to cite
them. You may refer to them in the text just by including the author and name of that text.
There is no need to examine other texts. They need only to be mentioned as you connect this
book to other themes in our course.
All book reviews include the full information on the book at the top. Please examine the book
reviews in the Journal of American History, and use the way in which that journal presents the
book’s information as your model.
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