English Local History
Author | : Kate Tiller |
Publisher | : History Press |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
An accessible introduction to researching English local history from original records and written sources.
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Author | : Kate Tiller |
Publisher | : History Press |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
An accessible introduction to researching English local history from original records and written sources.
Author | : Kate Tiller |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 319 |
Release | : 2020-08-21 |
Genre | : England |
ISBN | : 1783275243 |
The classic guide to exploring English local history, brought up to date and expanded.
Author | : R.C. Richardson |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2018-05-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1351729594 |
This title was first published in 2000. Practised since the Middle Ages, it is only over the course of the last century that English local history attained professional status. This text explores the rich historiography of the subject by presenting essays which show how it has been defined, approached and practised at different stages of its development from the 16th century to the present day. Essays on individual historians - Camden, Thoroton, Hasted and Milner - stand side by side with others documenting general trends. the editor's concluding essay offers comparisons and contrasts between the concept and practice of local history in England with the developments in the USA.
Author | : Carol Kammen |
Publisher | : AltaMira Press |
Total Pages | : 668 |
Release | : 2012-10-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0759120501 |
The Encyclopedia of Local History addresses nearly every aspect of local history, including everyday issues, theoretical approaches, and trends in the field. The second edition highlights local history practice in each U.S. state and Canadian province.
Author | : W. G. Hoskins |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2014-01-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317871197 |
Considered to be the classic introduction to the subject, this third edition has been carefully revised and updated to take account of the developments in the subject, and includes an extensive newly compiled bibliography and twice the number of illustrations as in previous editions.
Author | : Annelise Heinz |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2021-04-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0190081813 |
How has a game brought together Americans and defined separate ethnic communities? This book tells the first history of mahjong and its meaning in American culture. Click-click-click. The sound of mahjong tiles connects American expatriates in Shanghai, Jazz Age white Americans, urban Chinese Americans in the 1930s, incarcerated Japanese Americans in wartime, Jewish American suburban mothers, and Air Force officers' wives in the postwar era. Mahjong: A Chinese Game and the Making of Modern American Culture illustrates how the spaces between tiles and the moments between games have fostered distinct social cultures in the United States. This mass-produced game crossed the Pacific, creating waves of popularity over the twentieth century. Annelise Heinz narrates the history of this game to show how it has created a variety of meanings, among them American modernity, Chinese American heritage, and Jewish American women's culture. As it traveled from China to the United States and caught on with Hollywood starlets, high society, middle-class housewives, and immigrants alike, mahjong became a quintessentially American game. Heinz also reveals the ways in which women leveraged a game to gain access to respectable leisure. The result was the forging of friendships that lasted decades and the creation of organizations that raised funds for the war effort and philanthropy. No other game has signified both belonging and standing apart in American culture. Drawing on photographs, advertising, popular media, and dozens of oral histories, Heinz's rich and colorful account offers the first history of the wildly popular game of mahjong.
Author | : John Beckett |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2013-07-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1847795137 |
This fascinating book looks at how local history developed from the antiquarian county studies of the sixteenth century through the growth of 'professional' history in the nineteenth century, to the recent past. Concentrating on the past sixty years, it looks at the opening of archive offices, the invigorating influence of family history, the impact of adult education and other forms of lifelong learning. The author considers the debates generated by academics, including the divergence of views over local and regional issues, and the importance of standards set by the Victoria County History (VCH). Also discussed is the fragmentation of the subject. The antiquarian tradition included various subject areas that are now separate disciplines, among them industrial archaeology, name studies, family, landscape and urban history. This is an authoritative account of how local history has come to be one of the most popular and productive intellectual pastimes in our modern society. Written by a practitioner who has spent more than twenty years teaching local history to undergraduates and M.A. students, as well as lecturing to local history societies, John Beckett is currently Director of the VCH. A remarkable book that will be of great interest to students and scholars of local history as well as amateur and professional genealogists.
Author | : Amy H. Wilson |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 815 |
Release | : 2017-02-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1442278781 |
The Encyclopedia of Local History addresses nearly every aspect of local history, including everyday issues, theoretical approaches, and trends in the field. This encyclopedia provides both the casual browser and the dedicated historian with adept commentary by bringing the voices of over one hundred experts together in one place. Entries include: ·Terms specifically related to the everyday practice of interpreting local history in the United States, such as “African American History,” “City Directories,” and “Latter-Day Saints.” ·Historical and documentary terms applied to local history such as “Abstract,” “Culinary History,” and “Diaries.” ·Detailed entries for major associations and institutions that specifically focus on their usage in local history projects, such as “Library of Congress” and “Society of American Archivists” ·Entries for every state and Canadian province covering major informational sources critical to understanding local history in that region. ·Entries for every major immigrant group and ethnicity. Brand-new to this edition are critical topics covering both the practice of and major current areas of research in local history such as “Digitization,” “LGBT History,” museum theater,” and “STEM education.” Also new to this edition are graphics, including 48 photographs. Overseen by a blue-ribbon Editorial Advisory Board (Anne W. Ackerson, James D. Folts, Tim Grove, Carol Kammen, and Max A. van Balgooy) this essential reference will be frequently consulted in academic libraries with American and Canadian history programs, public libraries supporting local history, museums, historic sites and houses, and local archives in the U.S. and Canada. This third edition is the first to include photographs.
Author | : Rosina Lozano |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2018-04-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520969588 |
"This is the most comprehensive book I’ve ever read about the use of Spanish in the U.S. Incredible research. Read it to understand our country. Spanish is, indeed, an American language."—Jorge Ramos An American Language is a tour de force that revolutionizes our understanding of U.S. history. It reveals the origins of Spanish as a language binding residents of the Southwest to the politics and culture of an expanding nation in the 1840s. As the West increasingly integrated into the United States over the following century, struggles over power, identity, and citizenship transformed the place of the Spanish language in the nation. An American Language is a history that reimagines what it means to be an American—with profound implications for our own time.
Author | : W. B. Stephens |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780719006609 |