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Nearby history : exploring the past around you
- Title
- Nearby history : exploring the past around you / David E. Kyvig and Myron A. Marty.
- Author
- Kyvig, David E.
- Publication
- Lanham, Maryland : AltaMira Press, a division of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2010]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Book/Text | Use in library | E180.5 .N98 2010 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Marty, Myron A.
- Description
- xiv, 283 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- From the Publisher: A Comprehensive handbook for those interested in investigating the history of communities, families, local institutions, and cultural artifacts, Nearby History helps its readers research the world near at hand. In this fully updated third edition, the authors discuss a variety of research approaches involving published literature, unpublished documents, oral histories, visual and material sources, and landscapes; offer guidance in the uses of technology, particularly digital photography and digital voice recording; and suggest methods of historical presentation. Richly illustrated with photos and documents, Nearby History is an excellent resource for both professionally trained and self-taught historians.
- Series Statement
- American Association for State and Local History book series
- Uniform Title
- American Association for State and Local History book series
- Subject
- United States > History, Local
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Preface to the third edition -- Acknowledgments -- 1: Why Nearby History? -- 2: What can be done Nearby? -- 3: Traces and storytelling -- 4: Published documents -- 5: Unpublished documents -- 6: Oral documents -- 7: Visual documents -- 8: Artifacts -- 9: Landscapes and buildings -- 10: Preserving material traces -- 11: Research, writing, and leaving a record -- 12: Linking the particular and the universal -- Appendices -- A: Forms to request information from federal agencies -- B: Sample gift agreements -- C: Sources of archival storage products and information -- D: Using the World Wide Web (WWW) in Nearby History -- Index -- About the author.
- ISBN
- 9780759112490
- 0759112495
- 9780759113008
- 0759113009
- 9780759113015
- 0759113017
- LCCN
- 2010014475
- OCLC
- ocn606235143
- SCSB-14147492
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library