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Rescued from oblivion : historical cultures in the early United States /
"In 1791, a group of elite Bostonian men established the first historical society in the nation. Within sixty years, the number of local history organizations had increased exponentially, with states and territories from Maine to Louisiana and Georgia to Minnesota boasting collections of their...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amherst :
University of Massachusetts Press,
[2020]
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| Colección: | Public history in historical perspective.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Series
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter One. "The Lumber Yard of History"
- The Organization, Progress, Successes, and Failures of Historical Societies
- Chapter Two. "So Divided and Subdivided"
- Preserving Local Histories and Government Records
- Chapter Three. "Providing Materials for History"
- Historical Collection Priorities
- Chapter Four. "Disjointed Fragments"
- Materials as History Versus Materials for History
- Chapter Five. "Less Repulsive to the General Reader."
- Popular History and Historical Societies
- Chapter Six. "An Oblivious Society"
- Inclusion, Exclusion, and Omission in Historical Collections
- Conclusion
- Appendix One
- Historical and Related Societies Established in the United States, 1791-1850
- Appendix Two
- Mediating the Connecticut Historical Society Visitor Logs
- Notes
- Index
- Back Cover