Writing Local History Today

Author : Thomas A. Mason,J. Kent Calder
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781538182635

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Writing Local History Today by Thomas A. Mason,J. Kent Calder Pdf

Writing Local History Today guides local historians through the process of researching, writing, and publishing their work. Thomas A. Mason and J. Kent Calder present step-by-step advice to guide aspiring authors to a successful publication and focus not only on how to write well but also how to market and sell their work. Highlights include: Discussion of how to identify an audience for your writing project Tips for effective research and planning Sample documents, such as contracts and requests for proposals Tips and guidance for working with publishers Discussion of how to use social media to leverage your publication Discussion of the benefits and drawbacks to self-publishing The second edition updates literature, databases, and websites in the field This guide is useful for first-time authors who need help with this sometimes-daunting process, or for previously published historians who need a quick reference or timely tips.

Author : Thomas A. Mason,J. Kent Calder
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-11
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780759119048

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Writing Local History Today by Thomas A. Mason,J. Kent Calder Pdf

Writing Local History Today guides local historians through the process of researching, writing, and publishing their work. Mason & Calder present step-by-step advice to guide aspiring authors to a successful publication and focus not only on how to write well but also how to market and sell their work. Highlights include: Discussion of how to identify an audience for your writing project Tips for effective research and planning Sample documents, such as contracts and requests for proposals Discussion of how to use social media to leverage your publication Discussion of the benefits and drawbacks to self-publishing An essay by Gregory Britton, the editorial director of John Hopkins University Press, about financial pitfalls in publishing This guide is useful for first-time authors who need help with this sometimes daunting process, or for previously published historians who need a quick reference or timely tip.

Author : Carol Kammen
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0759102538

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On Doing Local History by Carol Kammen Pdf

Completely revised and updated edition of the guide for local historians.

Author : Carol Kammen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780759123717

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On Doing Local History by Carol Kammen Pdf

For over thirty years, Carol Kammen’s On Doing Local History has been a valuable guide to professional and “amateur” historians alike. First published in 1986, revised in 2003, this book offers not only discussion of practical matters, but also a deeper reflection on local, public history, what it means, and why it is done. It is used in classrooms and found on the shelves of local historians across the U.S. The third edition features: Updates to chapters that focus on the current concerns and situation of local historians A new chapter on how the field of history cooperates with other arts A new chapter on writing a congregational history Updated references With the same passion (and now even more experience) that drove her to write the first edition, Kammen has brought her seminal work into today’s context for the next generation of local historians. The new edition ensures that this classic will continue to move anyone interested in public history towards a better understanding of why they do what they do and how it benefits their communities.

Author : Joseph A. Amato
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2002-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780520232938

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Rethinking Home by Joseph A. Amato Pdf

"Rethinking Home is pioneering scholarship at its best. Amato makes his case for a new local history combining academic sophistication with a deft human touch, that can provide a new perspective on the way in which humans have interacted with their natural and created environments over the past 150 years. Amato’s eloquent plea for scholars to rethink the intricate relationships between home, place, nation, and world is one that cannot be ignored."—Richard O. Davies, University Foundation Professor, University of Nevada "Local history is the stepchild of our profession. Joseph Amato has emancipated Cinderella. Innovative and engaging, his passion for particulars brings life to people and places whose interest we have underrated far too long; and provides a good read beside."—Eugen Weber Department of History, UCLA "In the best Thoreauvian sense, Joseph Amato masterfully synthesizes and eloquently presents two decades of practicing and thinking deeply about local history. How pleasantly odd, how wonderful that a book on local history should be so rousing, so encouraging, so redemptive! Rethinking Home is a veritable call to arms for those of us who care deeply about the special, the distinctive character of our own home places, our own locales."—Bradley P. Dean, Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods

Author : David Dymond
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1859362303

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Researching and Writing History by David Dymond Pdf

Author : Gavin McLean
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : PSU:000061054493

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How to Do Local History by Gavin McLean Pdf

Thinking of writing a history? Or commissioning one? Local historians, church and institutional historians, genealogists, thesis-writers, and the people who commission them will welcome 'How To Do Local History'. It is a brief and lively introduction to historical research, writing and publishing by a leading historian. This book explains how to use books and archives, and is full of practical tips on 'reading' the landscape, on oral history and on using illustrations effectively. The last chapter takes historians and their clients through the intricacies of internet and conventional publishing, using case studies of real books to explain terminology, scheduling, design, costing and selling. Although written for a New Zealand audience, readers in other countries will also find it useful.

Author : Gill Blanchard
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781473841185

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Writing Your Family History by Gill Blanchard Pdf

“Inspirational and very useful . . . quite literally packed with valuable tips and exercises and is almost a mini-course in writing your family history.”—Bedfordshire Family History Society Gill Blanchard’s practical step-by-step guide to writing a family history is designed for anyone who wants to bring their ancestors’ stories to life. She looks at ways of overcoming the particular problems family historians face when writing a family history—how to deal with gaps in knowledge, how to describe generations of people who did the same jobs or lived in the same area, how to cover the numerous births, marriages and deaths that occur, and when to stop researching and start writing. Her book provides examples to help readers find their own writing style, deal with family stories, missing pieces of information and anomalies. It also offers advice on key aspects of composition, such as adding local and social history context and using secondary material. The focus throughout is on how to develop a story from beginning to end. Exercises are a key feature of the text. There is guidance on the various formats a family history can take and how to choose the appropriate one, with examples of format and layout. Production and publishing are also covered—books, booklets, newsletters, websites, blogs and ebooks. “If you’re toying with the idea of writing a family history-themed book, whether it be for general publication or simply for family members, read this first and then take the plunge. Who knows, it could be a bestseller!”—Family Tree Magazine

Author : Donald Dean Parker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1944
Category : History
ISBN : UCAL:B3365866

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Local History by Donald Dean Parker Pdf

Author : A. Curthoys,A. McGrath
Publisher : Springer
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230304963

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How to Write History that People Want to Read by A. Curthoys,A. McGrath Pdf

Drawn from decades of experience, this is a concise and highly practical guide to writing history. Aimed at all kinds of people who write history academic historians, public historians, professional historians, family historians and students of all levels the book includes a wide range of examples from many genres and styles.

Author : Kate Tiller
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-21
Category : England
ISBN : 9781783275243

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English Local History by Kate Tiller Pdf

The classic guide to exploring English local history, brought up to date and expanded.

Author : Carol Kammen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015018609415

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On Doing Local History by Carol Kammen Pdf

Author : Donald Culross Peattie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1938
Category : Illinois
ISBN : UOM:39015002680398

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A Prairie Grove by Donald Culross Peattie Pdf

Musings of famous naturalist on natural history of Illinois.

Author : Carol Kammen,American Association for State and Local History
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 0761991697

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The Pursuit of Local History by Carol Kammen,American Association for State and Local History Pdf

In this work readers can discover the role local historians play, find out what the experts see as the values of the local history while exploring their theories, and see how local history has been practised by those who have dedicated their lives to it.

Author : Robert R. Archibald
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1999-07-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780759117358

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A Place to Remember by Robert R. Archibald Pdf

Well-known public historian Robert Archibald's personal exploration of the intersections of history, memory, and community reveals how we participate in the making and sustaining of community as well as how we remember the community that shaped us. Writing in a rich literary narrative, Archibald blends local history, personal reminiscence, and an analysis of the changing meaning of community with a passionate call for more effective public history. A Place to Remember poetically illustrates how we are active participants in the past and the role and importance of history in contemporary life.