Status
Available
Call number
Publication
RL (2010), Edition: Third, 300 pages
Description
From the Publisher: 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this fully updated third edition, the authors discuss a variety of research approaches involving published literature, unpublished documents, oral histories, visual and material sources, and landscapes; offer guidance in the uses of technology, particularly digital photography and digital voice recording; and suggest methods of historical presentation. Richly illustrated with photos and documents, Nearby History is an excellent resource for both professionally trained and self-taught historians.
User reviews
LibraryThing member TLCrawford
“Nearby History: Exploring the Past Around You” is an expansion of a text David Kyvig and Myron Marty put together for history students and curious amateurs. Their intention was to provide a basic understanding of the actual “how to” questions about historical research. After explaining
Only one thing prevents me from giving this book my highest praise. It was published in 1982 and beyond forming the original question almost everything in the book has been made obsolete by the Internet. The information in the book is not wrong, all their advice still works, but today there are better ways to find almost the information they cover. The American Association for State and Local History, the copyright holder, would do well to update this valuable but technologically outdated book.
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“Why Nearby History?” and “What Can be Done Locally?” they begin step-by-step instructions on actually doing historical research. The first step they cover, forming a question, is a surprisingly inclusive listing of possible beginning points for research. Once the question is formed they explain where and how to find information, written, audio, visual and material information, and how to interpret it. Finally, after a strangely placed chapter on historic preservation, they discuss the process of writing out the results of your research. Only one thing prevents me from giving this book my highest praise. It was published in 1982 and beyond forming the original question almost everything in the book has been made obsolete by the Internet. The information in the book is not wrong, all their advice still works, but today there are better ways to find almost the information they cover. The American Association for State and Local History, the copyright holder, would do well to update this valuable but technologically outdated book.
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1982 (1st edition, Nashville, merican Association for State and Local History)
2000 (2nd edition, Walnut Creek, CA, AltaMira Press)
Physical description
300 p.; 9 inches
ISBN
0759113009 / 9780759113008