Download or read book The Family and Local History Handbook 14 written by Robert Blatchford and published by Robert Blatchford. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering all aspects of family and local history, this edition includes new articles on beginning the search for your family history, as well as looking at areas of specific research.
Download or read book The Irish Family and Local History Handbook 2 written by Robert Blatchford and published by Robert Blatchford Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2013 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Family and Local History Handbook written by Elizabeth Blatchford and published by York [England] : Robert Blatchford Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Oral History Manual written by Barbara W. Sommer and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-07-05 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oral History Manualis designed to help anyone interested in doing oral history research to think like an oral historian. Recognizing that oral history is a research methodology, the authors define oral history and then discuss the methodology in the context of the oral history life cycle – the guiding steps that take a practitioner from idea through access/use. They examine how to articulate the purpose of an interview, determine legal and ethical parameters, identify narrators and interviewers, choose equipment, develop budgets and record-keeping systems, prepare for and record interviews, care for interview materials, and use the interview information. In this third edition, in addition to new information on methodology, memory, technology, and legal options incorporated into each chapter, a completely new chapter provides guidelines on how to analyze interview content for effective use of oral history interview information. The Oral History Manualprovides an updated and expanded road map and a solid introduction to oral history for all oral history practitioners, from students to community and public historians.
Download or read book Homespun written by Robert L. Stevens and published by Heinemann Educational Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using several social studies and geography standards as a framework for planning, this book offers teachers some of the best instructional activities for learning more about the lifeblood of communities.
Download or read book Editing Historical Documents written by Michael E. Stevens and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 1997 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is aimed both at more experienced editors, who may wish to skip over the advice offered in the introduction, as well as at those who are new to the craft and want to know how to begin work on publishing historical documents of interest to them.
Download or read book Handbook of Digital Public History written by Serge Noiret and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-04-04 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook provides a systematic overview of the present state of international research in digital public history. Individual studies by internationally renowned public historians, digital humanists, and digital historians elucidate central issues in the field and present a critical account of the major public history accomplishments, research activities, and practices with the public and of their digital context. The handbook applies an international and comparative approach, looks at the historical development of the field, focuses on technical background and the use of specific digital media and tools. Furthermore, the handbook analyzes connections with local communities and different publics worldwide when engaging in digital activities with the past, indicating directions for future research, and teaching activities.
Download or read book Nearby History written by David E. Kyvig and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2000 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Second Edition of Nearby History, the authors have updated all chapters, introduced information about internet sources and uses of newer technologies, as well as updated the appendices.
Download or read book London s East End written by Jonathan Oates and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2018-05-30 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The East End is one of the most famous parts of London and it has had its own distinctive identity since the district was first settled in medieval times. It is best known for extremes of poverty and deprivation, for strong political and social movements, and for the extraordinary mix of immigrants who have shaped its history. Jonathan Oatess handbook is the ideal guide to its complex, rich and varied story and it is an essential source for anyone who wants to find out about an East End ancestor or carry out their own research into the area.He outlines in vivid detail the development of the neighbourhoods that constitute the East End. In a series of information-filled chapters, he explores East End industries and employment the docks, warehouses, factories, markets and shops. He looks at its historic poverty and describes how it gained a reputation for criminality, partly because of notorious criminals like Jack the Ripper and the Krays. This dark side to the history contrasts with the liveliness of the East End entertainments and the strong social bonds of the immigrants who made their home there Huguenots, Jews, Bangladeshis and many others.Throughout the book details are given of the records that researchers can consult in order to delve into the history for themselves online sites, archives, libraries, books and museums.
Download or read book Commemoration written by Seth C. Bruggeman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commemoration: The American Association for State and Local History Guide serves as a handbook for historic site managers, heritage professionals, and all manner of public historians who contend daily with the ground-level complexities of commemoration. Its fourteen short essays are intended as tools for practitioners, students, and anyone else confronted with common problems in commemorative practice today. Of particular concern are strategies for expanding commemoration across the panoply of American identities, confronting tragedy and difficult pasts, and doing responsible work in the face of persistent economic and political turmoil. A special afterword explores the role of emotion in modern commemoration and what it suggests about possibilities for engaging new audiences.
Download or read book Fancy Nancy My Family History written by Jane O'Connor and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2011-06-28 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nancy wants to do an interesting school report on her ancestor. (That's fancy for a family member who lived long ago.) But will she remember to stick to the plain truth?
Download or read book Houses and Homes written by Barbara J. Howe and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 1997 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume in the Nearby History series helps the reader document the history of a home. The reader will learn to examine written records, oral testimonies, visual sources, and the house's surroundings. The author covers American housing patterns, the individual characteristics of houses in different regions, construction techniques and materials, household technology, and family life styles. Houses and Homes is Volume 2 in The Nearby History Series.
Download or read book Durham County written by Jean Bradley Anderson and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2011-05-09 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sweeping history of Durham County, North Carolina, extends from the seventeenth century to the end of the twentieth.
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the History of Medicine written by Mark Jackson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2011-08-25 with total page 691 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In three sections, the Oxford Handbook of the History of Medicine celebrates the richness and variety of medical history around the world. It explore medical developments and trends in writing history according to period, place, and theme.
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Business History written by Geoffrey Jones and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2008-01-25 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook provides a state-of-the-art survey of research in business history. Business historians study the historical evolution of business systems, entrepreneurs and firms, as well as their interaction with their political, economic, and social environment. They address issues of central concern to researchers in management studies and business administration, as well as economics, sociology and political science, and to historians. They employ a range of qualitative and quantitative methodologies, but all share a belief in the importance of understanding change over time. The Oxford Handbook of Business History has brought together leading scholars to provide a comprehensive, critical, and interdisciplinary examination of business history, organized into four parts: Approaches and Debates; Forms of Business Organization; Functions of Enterprise; and Enterprise and Society. The Handbook shows that business history is a wide-ranging and dynamic area of study, generating compelling empirical data, which has sometimes confirmed and sometimes contested widely-held views in management and the social sciences. The Oxford Handbook of Business History is a key reference work for scholars and advanced students of Business History, and a fascinating resource for social scientists in general.
Download or read book Creating Award Winning History Fair Projects written by Helen Bass and published by PRUFROCK PRESS INC.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information on creating a history fair projects, covering such topics as conducting historical research, writing historically accurate papers, and constructing projects.
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