Zen and the art of local history /
Zen and the Art of Local History is an engaging, interactive conversation that conveys the exciting nature of local history. Divided into six major themes of being a local historian, topics and sources, staying relevant, getting it right, writing history and history organizations, the book covers th...
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| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Rowman & Littlefield,
[2014]
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| Series: | American Association for State and Local History book series.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. About being a local historian
- Call: Not for a test, but history for life, response: Spencer Downing
- Call: Perambulation, response: Aaron Sachs
- Call: Inappropriate questions, response: James L. Baggett
- Call: What we tell the youngsters, response: Kate Betz
- Call: We are not journalists, response: Jeffrey J. Kollath
- Call: Local knowledge, response: Mary Alexander
- Call: Abby Hemenway, response: Rebecca Conard
- Call: Water buffalos, wildebeests, and gazelles, response: Robert B. Townsend
- Call: Educating our "other" audiences, response: Karen Graham Wade
- Call: the local history apprentice, response: Kate Tiller
- Call: Millenialism, response: Robert Richmond
- Call: Taking the prize, response: Donald P. Zuris
- Call: History's long rangers, response: Michael Potaski
- Call: Retiring sorts, response: Richard L. Williams
- 2. The Clay for Our Wheels and the Pots We Make
- Call: Getting Involved, Response: Allyn Lord
- Call: Out of the Closet, Response: Paul Landry
- Call: The Clipping Point, Response: Scott Muir Stroh III
- Call: An Ode to Scrapbooks, Response: Kelly Nolin
- Call: The Envelope Please, Response: K. Allison Wickens
- Call: Replevin, Response: Galen R. Wilson
- Call: Local History and the Underground Railroad, Response: Dina Bailey and Richard C. Cooper
- Call: The Hall's in Your Court(house), Response: James D. Folts
- Call: Down for the Count, Response: Lila Teresa Church
- Call: Small Changes, Response: Darlene Roth
- Call: Rethinking Local History, Response: Bruce Teeple
- Call: Around and About, Response: William L. Lang
- Call: Recording the Home Front, Response: Courtney L. Tollison
- Call: To Blog or Not to Blog, Response: Kate Theimer
- 3. Mingled Yarn
- Call: Community Education, Response: Lynne Ireland
- Call: Seeking Diversity, Response: Patricia Williams Lessane
- Call: History Tents, Response: Linda W. Chapin
- Call: Travel at Home, Response: Janet Vaughan
- Call: Travel at Home (Redux), Response: Amy H. Wilson
- Call: In Memoriam: Quite a Decade (Prelude and Postscript), Response; Jessica Dorman
- Call: Acts of Nature and Other Disturbing Events, Response: Beverly C. Tyler
- Call: When All is Lost, Response: Alice Parman
- Call: The Poor are Always Among Us, Response: Robert Archibald
- Call: What's in a Name, Response: Mary E. Montgomery
- 4. Truth and Consequences
- Call: When Not Being Wrong is Not Good Enough, Response: Constantine Dillon
- Call: Ducking, Bobbing, and Looking Away, Response: Charles F. Bryan, Jr.
- Call: Unintended Consequences, Response: Joe Meehan
- Call: Making it Up, Response: Tim Grove
- Call: Truth and Fiction, Response: Mark T. Mannette
- Call: Just All the Facts, Ma'am, Just Not All the Facts, Response: Annette Atkins
- 5. Words in Stone
- Call: History for Our Times, Response: David A. Janssen
- Call: In Context, Response: Paige Lilly
- Call: Local History's Audience, Response: J. Kent Calder and Thomas A. Mason
- Call: Community History, Response: Stephen L. Cox
- Call: The Things We Ignore, Response: Philip V. Scarpino
- Call: To Note or Not to Note, Response: Chris Brewer
- Call: Defining the Field, Response: Matthew Gibson
- 6. Work and Play in History's Sandbox
- Call: A Fourteen-Step Program for Local History, Response: Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko
- Call: Clanking of Canes: A Survey of North American State and Local History, Response: Burt Logan
- Call: The Future of Historical Societies, Response: James M. Vaughan
- Call: An Abundance of History, Response: Lisa Anderson
- Call: Cultural Tourism, Response: Carolyn Brackett
- Call: In the Company of Our Peers, Response: Janice B. Klein
- Call: The Importance of a Good Chair, Response: Tobi Voigt
- Call: Out of the Box and Into the Fray, Response: Katherine D. Kane
- Call: Tripping over History, Response: Lawrence J. Yerdon
- Call: Radio Waves, Response: Stan Deaton
- Call: Random Acts, Response: Cynthia Cardona Melendez
- Call: Into the Archive, Response: Kathleen D. Roe
- Call: On Boards, Response: Kent Whitworth
- Call: Being On Board, Response: Kathleen M. O'Leary.