Ethnohistory : a researcher's guide / [Dennis Weidman, guest editor].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wiedman, Dennis.

Series:

Studies in Third World societies ; publication no. 35.

Studies in Third World societies ; publication no. 35

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Research.

Ethnology.

Ethnology--Methodology.

History--Research.

History.

History--Methodology.

Physical Description:

xx, 438 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

[Williamsburg, Va., U.S.A.] : [Dept. of Anthropology, College of William and Mary], [1986]

Contents:

The anthropological use of historic documents / Dennis Wiedman

Public documents as primary sources for ethnohistorical research / Patrick H. Garrow

Using missionary documents in ethnohistorical research / Darrell Whiteman

Using census materials in ethnohistoric reconstruction / Mary H. Moran

Methods of evaluating the accuracy of census reports as ethnohistorical demographic data / Gary W. Meister

Plantation maps as sources for the study of West Indian ethnohistory / Barry W. Higman

Visual ethnohistory / Margaret B. Blackman

Dating photographs / Arnold R. Pilling

The unrealized potential of remote sensing in ethnohistorical research / Laurence Kruckman

Oral history interviews / Margaret E. Willson

The use of reminiscences and oral tradition in the study of ethnohistory / J. Bryan Page

Artifactual documents / Barrie Reynolds

Doing ethnohistory with old newspapers / William W. Stein

The judicial records of colonial Louisiana / Joseph D. Castle

Black Carib settlement patterns in early 18th century Honduras / Charles Cheek and Nancie Gonzalez.

Notes:

Cover title.

"March 1986."--P. v.

Includes bibliographies.

OCLC:

18231804