I am so rarely out of step w/ my #twitterstorian colleagues as on this topic. I love endnotes. Reading notes is distracting; no one needs to read them all. Put some trust in the author (once they've earned it) and flip back only when you need to. Use a bookmark.https://twitter.com/SebSobecki/status/1080969854260252673 …
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Replying to @ColdWarScience
Endnotes used to bother me, but I made my peace with them for monographs. For articles, where the writing is tighter and more focused on evidence/argument than narrative books tend to be, I think the argument for footnotes is stronger.
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Replying to @wellerstein @ColdWarScience
I'm reading a kindle version of U.S. Grant's Memoirs. The notes are at the end of each chapter... about which fact I have mixed feelings. Seems both the worst and best features of both footnotes and endnotes
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Replying to @NotTheFakeSkate @ColdWarScience
Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of end of chapter notes.
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