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Encyclopedia of local history / Carol Kammen and Norma Prendergast.
LIBRA E180 .K25 2000
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kammen, Carol, 1937-
- Series:
- American Association for State and Local History book series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historiography.
- Local history.
- Research.
- United States--History, Local--Research--Encyclopedias.
- United States.
- United States--Historiography--Encyclopedias.
- Genre:
- Encyclopedias.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 539 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, [2000]
- Summary:
- How is local history thought about? How should it be approached? Through brief, succinct notes and essay-length entries, the Encyclopedia of Local History presents ideas to consider, sources to use, historical fields and trends to explore. It also provides commentary on a number of subjects, including the everyday topics that most local historians encounter. A handy reference tool that no public historian's desk should be without!
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0742503992
- OCLC:
- 44669808
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