Writing Local History Today

Writing Local History Today
Author: Thomas A. Mason
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2013-10-11
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 075911904X

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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.

On Doing Local History

On Doing Local History
Author: Carol Kammen
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2014-04-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 0759123713

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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.

Rethinking Home

Rethinking Home
Author: Joseph A. Amato
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2002-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520232933

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"Rethinking Home is pioneering scholarship at its best. Amato makes his case for a new local history combining academic sophistication with a deft human touch, that can provide a new perspective on the way in which humans have interacted with their natural and created environments over the past 150 years. Amato’s eloquent plea for scholars to rethink the intricate relationships between home, place, nation, and world is one that cannot be ignored."—Richard O. Davies, University Foundation Professor, University of Nevada "Local history is the stepchild of our profession. Joseph Amato has emancipated Cinderella. Innovative and engaging, his passion for particulars brings life to people and places whose interest we have underrated far too long; and provides a good read beside."—Eugen Weber Department of History, UCLA "In the best Thoreauvian sense, Joseph Amato masterfully synthesizes and eloquently presents two decades of practicing and thinking deeply about local history. How pleasantly odd, how wonderful that a book on local history should be so rousing, so encouraging, so redemptive! Rethinking Home is a veritable call to arms for those of us who care deeply about the special, the distinctive character of our own home places, our own locales."—Bradley P. Dean, Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods

On Doing Local History

On Doing Local History
Author: Carol Kammen
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780759102538

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Completely revised and updated edition of the guide for local historians.

Researching and Writing History

Researching and Writing History
Author: David Dymond
Publisher:
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2016-02-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781859362303

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The Writing of Local History

The Writing of Local History
Author: William Wilcox Robinson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 28
Release: 1960
Genre: California
ISBN:

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English Local History

English Local History
Author: Kate Tiller
Publisher: History Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN:

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An accessible introduction to researching English local history from original records and written sources.

Encyclopedia of Local History

Encyclopedia of Local History
Author: Carol Kammen
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Total Pages: 668
Release: 2012-10-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 0759120501

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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.