How to do local history : research, write, publish : a guide for historians and clients / Gavin McLean.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McLean, Gavin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historiography--New Zealand.

Historiography.

Local history--Research.

Local history.

Local history--Authorship.

Local history--Publishing.

New Zealand--History, Local--Sources.

New Zealand.

New Zealand Region.

Physical Description:

96 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Dunedin, N.Z. : Otago University Press, 2007.

Summary:

Local historians, church and institutional historians, genealogists, thesis-writers, and the people who commission them will find How To Do Local History indispensable. 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.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Ideas and questions 13

Chapter 2 Research 26

Chapter 3 Writing 57

Chapter 4 Publishing 64

Appendix 1 Commissioning history - tips for clients 88

Appendix 2 Funding 90.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [92]-93) and index.

ISBN:

9781877372414

1877372412

OCLC:

137300968