Author : Carol Kammen
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 12,25 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780759102538
Completely revised and updated edition of the guide for local historians.
Author : Carol Kammen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 34,61 MB
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0759123713
For over thirty years, Carol Kammen’s On Doing Local History has been a valuable guide to professional and “amateur” historians alike. First published in 1986, revised in 2003, this book offers not only discussion of practical matters, but also a deeper reflection on local, public history, what it means, and why it is done. It is used in classrooms and found on the shelves of local historians across the U.S. The third edition features: Updates to chapters that focus on the current concerns and situation of local historians A new chapter on how the field of history cooperates with other arts A new chapter on writing a congregational history Updated references With the same passion (and now even more experience) that drove her to write the first edition, Kammen has brought her seminal work into today’s context for the next generation of local historians. The new edition ensures that this classic will continue to move anyone interested in public history towards a better understanding of why they do what they do and how it benefits their communities.
Author : Thomas A. Mason
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 35,74 MB
Release : 2013-10-11
Category : Reference
ISBN : 075911904X
Writing Local History Today guides local historians through the process of researching, writing, and publishing their work. Mason & Calder present step-by-step advice to guide aspiring authors to a successful publication and focus not only on how to write well but also how to market and sell their work. Highlights include: Discussion of how to identify an audience for your writing project Tips for effective research and planning Sample documents, such as contracts and requests for proposals Discussion of how to use social media to leverage your publication Discussion of the benefits and drawbacks to self-publishing An essay by Gregory Britton, the editorial director of John Hopkins University Press, about financial pitfalls in publishing This guide is useful for first-time authors who need help with this sometimes daunting process, or for previously published historians who need a quick reference or timely tip.
Author : Carol Kammen
Publisher : AltaMira Press
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 37,72 MB
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0759120501
The Encyclopedia of Local History addresses nearly every aspect of local history, including everyday issues, theoretical approaches, and trends in the field. The second edition highlights local history practice in each U.S. state and Canadian province.
Author : David E. Kyvig
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 22,20 MB
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 9780742502710
In the Second Edition of Nearby History, the authors have updated all chapters, introduced information about internet sources and uses of newer technologies, as well as updated the appendices.
Author : Barbara W. Sommer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 49,32 MB
Release : 2018-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1442270802
The Oral History Manualis designed to help anyone interested in doing oral history research to think like an oral historian. Recognizing that oral history is a research methodology, the authors define oral history and then discuss the methodology in the context of the oral history life cycle – the guiding steps that take a practitioner from idea through access/use. They examine how to articulate the purpose of an interview, determine legal and ethical parameters, identify narrators and interviewers, choose equipment, develop budgets and record-keeping systems, prepare for and record interviews, care for interview materials, and use the interview information. In this third edition, in addition to new information on methodology, memory, technology, and legal options incorporated into each chapter, a completely new chapter provides guidelines on how to analyze interview content for effective use of oral history interview information. The Oral History Manualprovides an updated and expanded road map and a solid introduction to oral history for all oral history practitioners, from students to community and public historians.
Author : Robert L. Stevens
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 12,86 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN :
Using several social studies and geography standards as a framework for planning, this book offers teachers some of the best instructional activities for learning more about the lifeblood of communities.
Author : M. Williams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 28,97 MB
Release : 2014-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1317900316
This practical but inspiring book considers what local history is, why researching it is valuable and rewarding, and how we should go about it. Issues addressed include: getting oral and documentary evidence; keeping records; the nature of data, information and knowledge; and their use to create the different products of local history research. Michael Williams is both a professional scientist and a local historian of long standing, and he uses both sides of his experience in a text that is at once rigorous about the historical process, and also a fascinating - and often moving - account of his adventures into the past of his own family and community. He demonstrates local history methodology through his research into ancestry, migration, work, war and religion in the towns and villages of England and Wales. It is richly illustrated throughout.
Author : Amy K. Levin
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 47,79 MB
Release : 2007-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0759113882
Defining Memory uses case studies of exhibits from around the country to examine how local museums, defined as museums whose collections are local in scope or whose audiences are primarily local, have both shaped and been shaped by evolving community values and sense of history. Levin and her contributors argue that these small institutions play a key role in defining America's self-identity and should be studied as seriously as more national institutions like the Smithsonian and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Author : Carol Kammen
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 11,56 MB
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 9780761991694
In this work readers can discover the role local historians play, find out what the experts see as the values of the local history while exploring their theories, and see how local history has been practised by those who have dedicated their lives to it.
