This book describes the development of local history in England from its origins in the Middle Ages to its practise in the early twenty-first century. It looks also at how local history is related to archaeology, landscape, and family history.
This book describes the development of local history in England from its origins in the Middle Ages to its practise in the early twenty-first century. It looks also at how local history is related to archaeology, landscape, and family history.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
John Beckett is Professor of English Regional History at the University of Nottingham and Director of the Victoria County History at the University of London
Inhaltsangabe
List of illustrations Abbreviations Acknowledgements Preface I Introduction IIThe origins of local history The chorographic tradition William Camden Christopher Saxton County histories Dugdale and Thoroton Natural history III Antiquaries at large: the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Topographical studies Archaeology County histories Collaborative county histories IV The parish and the town Parish histories Town histories of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries Town histories of the eighteenth century Town histories of the nineteenth century V Local history marginalised Clubs and societies Archaeology Professional history National history VI Local History and national History, 1880-1945 The study of the village Economic history, local history and adult education The Victoria County History Record publishing VII W.G. Hoskins and the founding of modern local history The Annales School W.G. Hoskins The Making of the English Landscape Post-war developments Local history and the parish The Midland Peasant Farming regions Regions without boundaries VIII New Approaches: the region and the community Counties and parishes Microhistory Regions Pays Settlement Regional flexibility Regions and industrialising society Cultural identity Post-modernism IX New Approaches: family history, towns, landscape and other specialisms Family history Urban history Landscape history Vernacular architecture Industrial archaeology Oral testimony Place-names Heritage X The sources revolution The National Archives County archive offices Local studies libraries The family The land The house Source materials and the VCH XI Local history today Defining local history Understanding past communities Training Guidebooks Group research Good local history Issues, geographies and time periods XII Conclusion Bibliography Index
List of illustrations Abbreviations Acknowledgements Preface I Introduction IIThe origins of local history The chorographic tradition William Camden Christopher Saxton County histories Dugdale and Thoroton Natural history III Antiquaries at large: the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Topographical studies Archaeology County histories Collaborative county histories IV The parish and the town Parish histories Town histories of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries Town histories of the eighteenth century Town histories of the nineteenth century V Local history marginalised Clubs and societies Archaeology Professional history National history VI Local History and national History, 1880-1945 The study of the village Economic history, local history and adult education The Victoria County History Record publishing VII W.G. Hoskins and the founding of modern local history The Annales School W.G. Hoskins The Making of the English Landscape Post-war developments Local history and the parish The Midland Peasant Farming regions Regions without boundaries VIII New Approaches: the region and the community Counties and parishes Microhistory Regions Pays Settlement Regional flexibility Regions and industrialising society Cultural identity Post-modernism IX New Approaches: family history, towns, landscape and other specialisms Family history Urban history Landscape history Vernacular architecture Industrial archaeology Oral testimony Place-names Heritage X The sources revolution The National Archives County archive offices Local studies libraries The family The land The house Source materials and the VCH XI Local history today Defining local history Understanding past communities Training Guidebooks Group research Good local history Issues, geographies and time periods XII Conclusion Bibliography Index
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