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Rethinking home : a case for writing local history /

Joseph A. Amato proposes a bold and innovative approach to writing local history in this imaginative, wide-ranging, and deeply engaging exploration of the meaning of place and home. Arguing that people of every place and time deserve a history, Amato draws on his background as a European cultural hi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Amato, Joseph Anthony
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction : the concept and the practitioners of local history
  • 1. A place called home
  • 2. Grasses, waters, and muskrats : a region's compasses
  • 3. The rule of market and the law of the land
  • 4. Writing history through the senses : sounds
  • 5. Anger : mapping the emotional landscape
  • 6. The clandestine
  • 7. Madness
  • 8. Madame Bovary and a lilac shirt : literature and local history
  • 9. The red rock : inventing peoples and towns
  • 10. Business first and always
  • Conclusion : the plight of the local historian.