Rethinking Home: A Case for Writing Local History

Joseph A. Amato proposes a bold and innovative approach to writing local history in this imaginative, wide—ranging, and deeply engaging exploration of the meaning of place and home. Arguing that people of every place and time deserve a history, Amato draws on his background as a European cultural historian and a prolific writer of local history to explore such topics as the history of cleanliness, sound, anger, madness, the clandestine, and the environment in southwestern Minnesota. While d...