Zen and the Art of Local History

Herausgeber: Beatty, Bob; Kammen, Carol

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Zen and the Art of Local History is an engaging, interactive conversation that conveys the exciting nature of local history. Divided into six major themes the book covers the scope and breadth of local history: ¿ Being a Local Historian ¿ Topics and Sources ¿ Staying Relevant ¿ Getting it Right ¿ Writing History ¿ History Organizations Each chapter features one of Carol Kammen's memorable editorials from History News. Her editorial is a "call." Each is followed by a response from one of more than five dozen prominent players in state and local history. These Respondents include local and public historians, archivists, volunteers, and history professionals across the kaleidoscopic spectrum of local history. Among this group are Katherine Kane, Robert "Bob" Richmond, Charlie Bryan, and Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko. The result is a series of dialogues on important topics in the field of local history. This interactivity of these conversations makes Zen and the Art of Local History a unique offering in the public history field.

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Produktdetails

• American Association for State and Local History
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 731g
• ISBN-13: 9781442226890
• ISBN-10: 1442226897
• Artikelnr.: 40843452

Autorenporträt

Edited by Carol Kammen and Bob Beatty

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Lorraine McConaghy Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: About Being a Local Historian Call: Not for a Test
but History for Life
Response: Spencer Downing Call: Perambulation
Response: Aaron Sachs Call: Inappropriate Questions
Response: James L. Baggett Call: What We Tell the Youngsters
Response: Kate Betz Call: We Are Not Journalists
Response: Jeffrey J. Kollath Call: Local Knowledge
Response: Mary Alexander Call: Abby Hemenway
Response: Rebecca Conard Call: Water Buffalos
Wildebeests
and Gazelles
Response: Robert B. Townsend Call: Educating Our "Other" Audiences
Response: Karen Graham Wade Call: The Local History Apprentice
Response: Kate Tiller Call: Millenialism
Response: Robert Richmond Call: Taking the Prize
Response: Donald P. Zuris Call: History's Long Rangers
Response: Michael Potaski Call: Retiring Sorts
Response: Richard L. Williams Chapter 2: The Clay for Our Wheels and the Pots We Make Call: Getting Involved
Response: Allyn Lord Call: Out of the Closet
Response: Paul Landry Call: The Clipping Point
Response: Scott Muir Stroh III Call: An Ode to Scrapbooks
Response: Kelly Nolin Call: The Envelope Please
Response: K. Allison Wickens Call; Replevin
Response: Galen R. Wilson Call: Local History and the Underground Railroad
Response: Dina Bailey and Richard C. Cooper Call: The Hall's in Your Court(house)
Response: James D. Folts Call: Down for the Count
Response: Lila Teresa Church Call: Small Changes
Response: Darlene Roth Call: Rethinking Local History
Response: Bruce Teeple Call: Around and About
Response: William L. Lang Call: Recording the Home Front
Response: Courtney L. Tollison Call: To Blog or Not to Blog
Response: Kate Theimer Chapter 3: Mingled Yarn Call: Community Education
Response: Lynne Ireland Call: Seeking Diversity
Response: Patricia Williams Lessane Call: History Tents
Response: Linda W. Chapin Call: Travel at Home
Response: Janet Vaughan Call: Travel at Home (Redux)
Response: Amy H. Wilson Call: In Memoriam: Quite a Decade (Prelude and Postscript)
Response; Jessica Dorman Call: Acts of Nature and Other Disturbing Events
Response: Beverly C. Tyler Call: When All is Lost
Response: Alice Parman Call: The Poor are Always Among Us
Response: Robert Archibald Call: What's in a Name
Response: Mary E. Montgomery Chapter 4: Truth and Consequences Call: When Not Being Wrong is Not Good Enough
Response: Constantine Dillon Call: Ducking
Bobbing
and Looking Away
Response: Charles F. Bryan
Jr. Call: Unintended Consequences
Response: Joe Meehan Call: Making it Up
Response: Tim Grove Call: Truth and Fiction
Response: Mark T. Mannette Call: Just All the Facts
Ma'am
Just Not All the Facts
Response: Annette Atkins Chapter 5: Words in Stone Call: History for Our Times
Response: David A. Janssen Call: In Context
Response: Paige Lilly Call: Local History's Audience
Response: J. Kent Calder and Thomas A. Mason Call: Community History
Response: Stephen L. Cox Call: The Things We Ignore
Response: Philip V. Scarpino Call: To Note or Not to Note
Response: Chris Brewer Call: Defining the Field
Response: Matthew Gibson Chapter 6: Work and Play in History's Sandbox Call: A Fourteen-Step Program for Local History
Response: Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko Call: Clanking of Canes: A Survey of North American State and Local History
Response: Burt Logan Call: The Future of Historical Societies
Response: James M. Vaughan Call: An Abundance of History
Response: Lisa Anderson Call: Cultural Tourism
Response: Carolyn Brackett Call: In the Company of Our Peers
Response: Janice B. Klein Call: The Importance of a Good Chair
Response: Tobi Voigt Call: Out of the Box and Into the Fray
Response: Katherine D. Kane Call: Tripping over History
Response: Lawrence J. Yerdon Call: Radio Waves
Response: Stan Deaton Call: Random Acts
Response: Cynthia Cardona Melendez Call: Into the Archive
Response: Kathleen D. Roe Call: On Boards
Response: Kent Whitworth Call: Being On Board
Response: Kathleen M. O'Leary Title/Author index Subject index About the Authors