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

Kyvig, David E.; Marty, Myron A.
2010
E180.5 .N98 2010eb
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Title
Nearby history [electronic resource] : exploring the past around you / David E. Kyvig and Myron A. Marty.
Author
Kyvig, David E.
Edition
Third edition.
ISBN
9780759113015 (electronic bk.)
0759113017 (electronic bk.)
9780759112490
0759112495
9780759113008
0759113009
Published
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2010]
Copyright
©2010
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 283 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number
E180.5 .N98 2010eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
973
Summary
A comprehensive handbook for those interested in investigating the history of communities, families, local institutions, and cultural artifacts, Nearby History helps its readers research the world near at hand. In this fully updated third edition, the authors discuss a variety of research approaches involving published literature, unpublished documents, oral histories, visual and material sources, and landscapes; offer guidance in the uses of technology, particularly digital photography and digitalvoice recording; and suggest methods of historical presentation. Richly illustrated with photos a.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Marty, Myron A.
Series
American Association for State and Local History book series.
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Nearby history.
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Preface to the Third Edition; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Why Nearby History?; Chapter 2. What Can Be Done Nearby?; Chapter 3. Traces and Storytelling; Chapter 4. Published Documents; Chapter 5. Unpublished Documents; Chapter 6. Oral Documents; Chapter 7. Visual Documents; Chapter 8. Artifacts; Chapter 9. Landscapes and Buildings; Chapter 10. Preserving Material Traces; Chapter 11. Research, Writing, and Leaving a Record; Chapter 12. Linking the Particular and the Universal; Appendices; Appendix A. Forms to Request Information from Federal Agencies.

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