Researching Local History

Author : Thomas A. Mason
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538182637
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writing Local History Today written by Thomas A. Mason and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-05-13 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : M. Williams
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317900316
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Researching Local History written by M. Williams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-12 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical but inspiring book considers what local history is, why researching it is valuable and rewarding, and how we should go about it. Issues addressed include: getting oral and documentary evidence; keeping records; the nature of data, information and knowledge; and their use to create the different products of local history research. Michael Williams is both a professional scientist and a local historian of long standing, and he uses both sides of his experience in a text that is at once rigorous about the historical process, and also a fascinating - and often moving - account of his adventures into the past of his own family and community. He demonstrates local history methodology through his research into ancestry, migration, work, war and religion in the towns and villages of England and Wales. It is richly illustrated throughout.

Author : Carol Kammen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0759123713
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Doing Local History written by Carol Kammen and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-04-04 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : David Dymond
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781859362303
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Researching and Writing History written by David Dymond and published by . This book was released on 2016-02-06 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : North Carolina Genealogical Society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780936370248
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book North Carolina Research written by North Carolina Genealogical Society and published by . This book was released on 1996-02-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Pamela Brooks
Publisher : How to Books
ISBN 13 : 9781845282769
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Research Local History written by Pamela Brooks and published by How to Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to know to know more about the history of your street or parish, find out about the people who lived in your area and what they did, or discover more about a particular building? ""How to Research Local History"" will help get you started on how to interpret documents such as census returns, rating books and maps, and where to find them. It will introduce you to the delights of street directories and old newspapers, lead you to fascinating websites that can save you a lot of research time and talk you through the best of research methods to use in archives.

Author : David Iredale
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Local History Research and Writing written by David Iredale and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas A. Mason
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 075911904X
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writing Local History Today written by Thomas A. Mason and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-10-11 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Gavin McLean
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780908912186
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Local History written by Gavin McLean and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The author is the historian for the Historic Places Trust. This guide is designed to point people in the right direction, as an introduction to a vast subject. It is also intended to provide some guidance to local historians. The bulk of the book contains three chapters briefly covering research, writing and publishing of local histories."--Publisher's description.

Author : Carol Kammen
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 0585455325
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Doing Local History written by Carol Kammen and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2003-12-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Completely revised and updated edition of the guide for local historians.