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Writing local history /
This fascinating book looks at how local history developed from the antiquarian county studies of the sixteenth century through the growth of 'professional' history in the nineteenth century, to the recent past. Concentrating on the past sixty years, it looks at the opening of archive offi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
©2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 9780719029509; 9780719029509; COPYRIGHT; Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Preface; I Introduction; II The origins of local history; III Antiquaries at large: the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; IV The parish and the town; V Local history marginalised; VI Local history and national history, 1880-1945; VII W.G. Hoskins and the founding of modern local history; VIII New approaches: the region and the community; IX New approaches: family history, towns, landscape and other specialisms; X The sources revolution; XI Local history today; XII Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.