On Doing Local History
3rd Edition
Published on 4. April 2014
194 pages
979-8-7651-8328-1 (ISBN)
Description
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 historiansA new chapter on how the field of history cooperates with other artsA new chapter on writing a congregational historyUpdated 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.
The third edition features:
Updates to chapters that focus on the current concerns and situation of local historiansA new chapter on how the field of history cooperates with other artsA new chapter on writing a congregational historyUpdated 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.
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Series
Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN-13
979-8-7651-8328-1 (9798765183281)
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Carol Kammen
On Doing Local History
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Person
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.
Content
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
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
