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Informationen zum Autor Carol Kammen has been writing about doing local history for many years. The first edition of this book came out in 1985; this edition is greatly pruned and expanded. She has edited The Encyclopedia of Local History (two editions) for Alta Mira Press and AASLH and has written editorials for History News since 1995. In addition she has written a history of her county, of the City in which she lives, and Cornell: Glorious to View (2003) and Part & Apart: The African American Experience at Cornell, 1865-1945 (2008) and edited First Person Cornell: Student's Letters, Diaries, Email and Blogs (2006). She has also written two-dozen dramatic presentations using local history, including Between the Lines, Peaches and Bird, The Language of War and others and writes a history column for her local newspaper. She lives in Ithaca, New York, previously taught at Cornell University, and serves as the Tompkins County Historian. Klappentext This is the third edition of a book that has become a classic in the public history field. First published in 1986, revised in 2003, On Doing Local History 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. Zusammenfassung This is the third edition of a book that has become a classic in the public history field. First published in 1986! revised in 2003! On Doing Local History 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Dwight Pitcaithley Introduction Chapter 1:Local History's Past Coda to Chapter 1: Revising What is Held as True Chapter 2: Thinking about Local History Coda to Chapter 2: Censorship Chapter 3: The Subjects of Local History Coda to Chapter 3: Journalists and Historians Chapter 4: Clio and Her Sisters Chapter 5: How to Write a Congregational History Chapter 6: Researching Local History Coda to Chapter 6: When Being Right is not Good Enough Chapter 7: Giving Back Coda to Chapter 7: The Great Document Exchange Chapter 8: The Local Historian Coda to Chapter 8: Adult Local History Workshops Chapter 9: The Past that was Yesterday Coda to Chapter 9: One Last Thing About the Author Index ...
