Research Catalog

Title

Zen and the art of local history / edited by Carol Kammen and Bob Beatty.

Publication

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kammen, Carol, 1937-
• Beatty, Bob

Description

xxii, 331 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"Zen and the Art of Local History is an engaging, interactive conversation that conveys the exciting nature of local history. Divided into six major themes of being a local historian, topics and sources, staying relevant, getting it right, writing history, and history organizations, the book covers the scope and breadth of local history. Each chapter features one of Carol Kammen's memorable editorials from History News. Her editorial is a 'call.' Each is followed by a response from one of more than five dozen prominent players in state and local history. These Respondents include local and public historians, archivists, volunteers, and history professionals across the kaleidoscopic spectrum of local history. The result is a series of dialogues on important topics in the field of local history. This interactivity of these conversations makes Zen and the Art of Local History a unique offering in the public history field"--Provided by publisher.

Series Statement

American Association for State and Local History

Uniform Title

American Association for State and Local History book series.

Subjects

• Historians > United States
• Public history > Philosophy
• Local history > Philosophy
• Historiography > United States > Philosophy
• Public history > United States
• Historiography > United States > Methodology
• United States > History, Local

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. About being a local historian -- Call: Not for a test, but history for life, response: Spencer Downing -- Call: Perambulation, response: Aaron Sachs -- Call: Inappropriate questions, response: James L. Baggett -- Call: What we tell the youngsters, response: Kate Betz -- Call: We are not journalists, response: Jeffrey J. Kollath -- Call: Local knowledge, response: Mary Alexander -- Call: Abby Hemenway, response: Rebecca Conard -- Call: Water buffalos, wildebeests, and gazelles, response: Robert B. Townsend -- Call: Educating our "other" audiences, response: Karen Graham Wade -- Call: the local history apprentice, response: Kate Tiller -- Call: Millenialism, response: Robert Richmond -- Call: Taking the prize, response: Donald P. Zuris -- Call: History's long rangers, response: Michael Potaski -- Call: Retiring sorts, response: Richard L. Williams -- 2. The Clay for Our Wheels and the Pots We Make -- Call: Getting Involved, Response: Allyn Lord -- Call: Out of the Closet, Response: Paul Landry -- Call: The Clipping Point, Response: Scott Muir Stroh III -- Call: An Ode to Scrapbooks, Response: Kelly Nolin -- Call: The Envelope Please, Response: K. Allison Wickens -- Call: Replevin, Response: Galen R. Wilson -- Call: Local History and the Underground Railroad, Response: Dina Bailey and Richard C. Cooper -- Call: The Hall's in Your Court(house), Response: James D. Folts -- Call: Down for the Count, Response: Lila Teresa Church -- Call: Small Changes, Response: Darlene Roth -- Call: Rethinking Local History, Response: Bruce Teeple -- Call: Around and About, Response: William L. Lang -- Call: Recording the Home Front, Response: Courtney L. Tollison -- Call: To Blog or Not to Blog, Response: Kate Theimer -- 3. Mingled Yarn -- Call: Community Education, Response: Lynne Ireland -- Call: Seeking Diversity, Response: Patricia Williams Lessane -- Call: History Tents, Response: Linda W. Chapin -- Call: Travel at Home, Response: Janet Vaughan -- Call: Travel at Home (Redux), Response: Amy H. Wilson -- Call: In Memoriam: Quite a Decade (Prelude and Postscript), Response; Jessica Dorman -- Call: Acts of Nature and Other Disturbing Events, Response: Beverly C. Tyler -- Call: When All is Lost, Response: Alice Parman -- Call: The Poor are Always Among Us, Response: Robert Archibald -- Call: What's in a Name, Response: Mary E. Montgomery --
• 4. Truth and Consequences -- Call: When Not Being Wrong is Not Good Enough, Response: Constantine Dillon -- Call: Ducking, Bobbing, and Looking Away, Response: Charles F. Bryan, Jr. -- Call: Unintended Consequences, Response: Joe Meehan -- Call: Making it Up, Response: Tim Grove -- Call: Truth and Fiction, Response: Mark T. Mannette -- Call: Just All the Facts, Ma'am, Just Not All the Facts, Response: Annette Atkins -- 5. Words in Stone -- Call: History for Our Times, Response: David A. Janssen -- Call: In Context, Response: Paige Lilly -- Call: Local History's Audience, Response: J. Kent Calder and Thomas A. Mason -- Call: Community History, Response: Stephen L. Cox -- Call: The Things We Ignore, Response: Philip V. Scarpino -- Call: To Note or Not to Note, Response: Chris Brewer -- Call: Defining the Field, Response: Matthew Gibson -- 6. Work and Play in History's Sandbox -- Call: A Fourteen-Step Program for Local History, Response: Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko -- Call: Clanking of Canes: A Survey of North American State and Local History, Response: Burt Logan -- Call: The Future of Historical Societies, Response: James M. Vaughan -- Call: An Abundance of History, Response: Lisa Anderson -- Call: Cultural Tourism, Response: Carolyn Brackett -- Call: In the Company of Our Peers, Response: Janice B. Klein -- Call: The Importance of a Good Chair, Response: Tobi Voigt -- Call: Out of the Box and Into the Fray, Response: Katherine D. Kane -- Call: Tripping over History, Response: Lawrence J. Yerdon -- Call: Radio Waves, Response: Stan Deaton -- Call: Random Acts, Response: Cynthia Cardona Melendez -- Call: Into the Archive, Response: Kathleen D. Roe -- Call: On Boards, Response: Kent Whitworth -- Call: Being On Board, Response: Kathleen M. O'Leary.

Call Number

E175.7

ISBN

• 9781442226890 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 1442226897 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9781442226906 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1442226900 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9781442226913 (electronic) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2014016193

OCLC

879246446

Title

Zen and the art of local history / edited by Carol Kammen and Bob Beatty.

Publisher

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

American Association for State and Local History

American Association for State and Local History book series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Kammen, Carol, 1937- editor.

Beatty, Bob, editor.

Research Call Number

*R-USLHG E175.7 .Z46 2014