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 D. Using the intro and the endnotes/footnotes/bibliography/images, identify the main kinds of sources used for the argument (any particularly key archives/collections/authors/documents?) D. Using the intro and the endnotes/footnotes/bibliography/images, identify the main kinds of sources used for the argument (any particularly key archives/collections/authors/documents?)
  
-E. Using the intro and acknowledgements, identify the author’s key interlocutors. From what academic traditions/schools/etc do they come, on whom are they building on, and against whom/what are they positioning themselves?+E. Using the intro and acknowledgements, identify the author’s key interlocutors. From what academic traditions/schools/etc do they come, on whom are they building, and against whom/what are they positioning themselves?
  
 F. Go online and look up some reviews of the book. Jstor is a good starting point, and most major history of science books get reviewed in Isis at some point. Very quickly skim a couple reviews to confirm/revise your impressions of C-E. F. Go online and look up some reviews of the book. Jstor is a good starting point, and most major history of science books get reviewed in Isis at some point. Very quickly skim a couple reviews to confirm/revise your impressions of C-E.
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 https://librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2016/09/22/how-to-gut-a-book/ https://librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2016/09/22/how-to-gut-a-book/
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 +http://wcaleb.org/blog/how-to-read
  
 A more relaxed reflection on the practice of book gutting is https://www.jstor.org/stable/41399968 A more relaxed reflection on the practice of book gutting is https://www.jstor.org/stable/41399968
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