On Doing Local History

Author: Carol Kammen
Publisher: 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.

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 Index
About 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.

(BK-9780759102538)

SKU BK-9780759102538
Barcode # 9780759102538
Brand AltaMira Press,U.S.
Artist / Author Carol Kammen
Shipping Weight 0.3300kg
Shipping Width 0.110m
Shipping Height 0.020m
Shipping Length 0.232m
Assembled Length 1.550m
Assembled Height 11.000m
Assembled Width 232.000m
Type Paperback

Be The First To Review This Product!

Help other Augoods users shop smarter by writing reviews for products you have purchased.

Write a product review

More From This Category