Keepers of our past : local historical writing in the United States, 1820s-1930s
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Keepers of our past : local historical writing in the United States, 1820s-1930s
(Contributions in American history, no. 129)
Greenwood Press, c1988
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. [255]-274
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Long before Americans were imbued with the sense of a national past, local antiquarians and amateur historians wrote about the people, places, and happenings that were closest to their hearts, creating in the process a historical record of incalculable value. This gold mine of information and commentary is often overlooked by today's scholars. Russo's book puts us in touch with the historical consciousness of the American people and the once-paramount concern for the particular, the concrete, and the familiar.
Table of Contents
The Early Antiquarians The Early Setting The New England Pioneers: Their Histories Elsewhere: John F. Watson The Later Antiquarians The Later Setting Town Historians City Historians Repeaters Formulaic Local History Local History as a Publishing Venture Local History as an Editorial Project Local History as Literature The Coming of The Academics Amateurs and Academics Bibliography Index
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