Nearby History: Exploring the Past Around You / Edition 3

Nearby History: Exploring the Past Around You / Edition 3

ISBN-10:
0759113009
ISBN-13:
9780759113008
Pub. Date:
09/16/2010
Publisher:
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
ISBN-10:
0759113009
ISBN-13:
9780759113008
Pub. Date:
09/16/2010
Publisher:
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Nearby History: Exploring the Past Around You / Edition 3

Nearby History: Exploring the Past Around You / Edition 3

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Overview

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this fully updated third edition, the authors discuss a variety of research approaches involving published literature, unpublished documents, oral histories, visual and material sources, and landscapes; offer guidance in the uses of technology, particularly digital photography and digital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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780759113008
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 09/16/2010
Series: American Association for State and Local History Series
Edition description: Third Edition
Pages: 290
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

David E. Kyvig, now deceased, was distinguished research professor and professor of history at Northern Illinois University, is a former president of the National Council on Public History. His book Explicit and Authentic Acts: Amending the U.S. Constitution, 1776-1995 received the 1997 Bancroft Prize and other awards. His most recent work, The Age of Impeachment: American Constitutional Culture since 1960, was a Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2008.

Myron A. Marty is the Ann G. and Sigurd E. Anderson University Professor and dean of arts and sciences emeritus at Drake University. His most recent book, Communities of FrankLloyd Wright: Taliesin and Beyond, appeared in 2009. His other publications include DailyLife in the United States, 1960-1990: Decades of Discord, and (with Shirley Marty) Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Fellowship.

Larry Cebula is a professor of history at Eastern Washington University and is the Assistant Digital Archivist at the Washington State Archives. He is the author of Plateau Indians and the Quest for Spiritual Power: 1700-1850 and is editor of the website and smartphone app SpokaneHistorical.org.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Third Edition vii

Acknowledgments xiii

1 Why Nearby History? 1

2 What Can Be Done Nearby? 17

3 Traces and Storytelling 45

4 Published Documents 61

5 Unpublished Documents 91

6 Oral Documents 113

7 Visual Documents 133

8 Artifacts 159

9 Landscapes and Buildings 177

10 Preserving Material Traces 193

11 Research, Writing, and Leaving a Record 211

12 Linking the Particular and the Universal 227

Appendices

A Forms to Request Information from Federal Agencies 259

B Sample Gift Agreements 263

C Sources of Archival Storage Products and Information 267

D Using the World Wide Web (WWW) in Nearby History 269

Index 273

About the Authors 283

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