On Doing Local History Carol Kammen Paperback Book
Publisher: AltaMira Press,U.S.
Category: Historiography, History Of The Americas
Book Format: Paperback
On Doing Local History
Author: Carol KammenPublisher: AltaMira Press,U.S.
Category: Historiography, History Of The Americas
Book Format: Paperback
Completely revised and updated edition of the guide for local historians.
Author Biography
Carol Kammen has written and lectured about local history for many years. She is now a senior lecturer at Cornell University, where she gives a course on Cornell history. In addition she has written three books about the history of her county, including What they Wrote (1978) and The Peopling of Tompkins County: A Social History (1985). The first edition of On Doing Local History (1986) was followed by Pursuit of Local History (1996) and the Encyclopedia of Local History (2000), which she co-edited with Norma Prendergast. For five years she wrote articles for New York History about doing history in New York State, and since 1995 she has written the editorials for History News, the quarterly of the American Association for State and Local History.
Author Biography
Carol Kammen has written and lectured about local history for many years. She is now a senior lecturer at Cornell University, where she gives a course on Cornell history. In addition she has written three books about the history of her county, including What they Wrote (1978) and The Peopling of Tompkins County: A Social History (1985). The first edition of On Doing Local History (1986) was followed by Pursuit of Local History (1996) and the Encyclopedia of Local History (2000), which she co-edited with Norma Prendergast. For five years she wrote articles for New York History about doing history in New York State, and since 1995 she has written the editorials for History News, the quarterly of the American Association for State and Local History.
Table Of Contents
Preface to the Second Edition Introduction 1. The History Of Local History Coda To Chapter 1: Revising What is Held as True 2. Thinking About History Coda To Chapter 2: Censorship 3. Considering Topics Chapter 3: Journalists and Historians 4. Researching Local History Coda to Chapter 4: Nothing But the Truth 5. Giving Back Coda to Chapter 5: The Great Document Exchange 6. The Local Historian Coda to Chapter 6: Adult Local History Workshop 7. The Past That Was Yesterday Coda to Chapter 7: One Last Thing IndexAbout Carol Kammen
Carol Kammen has written and lectured about local history for many years. She has taught local history at Tompkins Cortland Community College and is now a senior lecturer at Cornell University, where she gives a course on Cornell history. In addition she has written three books about the history of her county, including What they Wrote (1978) and The Peopling of Tompkins County: A Social History (1985). The first edition of On Doing Local History (1986) was followed by Pursuit of Local History (1996) and the Encyclopedia of Local History (2000), which she co-edited with Norma Prendergast. In addition, she has written a dozen historical dramas that have been performed in Ithaca and regionally. Two, Escape to the North and The Day the Women Met, have been performed for 18,000 school children. For five years she wrote articles for New York History about doing history in New York State, and since 1995 she has written the editorials for History News, the quarterly of the American Association for State and Local History. She is a graduate of The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and currently lives above Cayuga's waters with her husband, also a historian, and a feline companion, Carrie Chapman Catt.- We ship across Australia, including major cities like: Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra, Newcastle and the Gold Coast
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