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Nearby history : exploring the past around you / David E. Kyvig and Myron A. Marty.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: American Association for State and Local History book seriesPublication details: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2010.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xiv, 283 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780759112490 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0759112495 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780759113008 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0759113009 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780759113015 (electronic)
  • 0759113017 (electronic)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973
LOC classification:
  • 002 E 180.5 K99n 2010
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 ; 3: Traces and storytelling ; 4: Published documents ; 5: Unpublished documents ; 6: Oral documents ; 7: Visual documents ; 8: Artifacts ; 9: Landscapes and buildings ; 10: Preserving material traces ; 11: Research, writing, and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.
Summary: Acclaimed for nearly thirty years as the most comprehensive introduction to research in North American family and community history, and now thoroughly updated, this book is essential for aspiring and practicing public and local historians.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 002 E 180.5 K99n 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000123481

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 ; 3: Traces and storytelling ; 4: Published documents ; 5: Unpublished documents ; 6: Oral documents ; 7: Visual documents ; 8: Artifacts ; 9: Landscapes and buildings ; 10: Preserving material traces ; 11: Research, writing, and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.

Acclaimed for nearly thirty years as the most comprehensive introduction to research in North American family and community history, and now thoroughly updated, this book is essential for aspiring and practicing public and local historians.

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