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1 online resource. |
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text file |
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Public history in historical perspective
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Public history in historical perspective.
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| Contents |
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." |
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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 |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Societies -- United States -- History.
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Societies. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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History -- Societies, etc.
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United States -- History, Local.
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Local history. |
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History -- Societies, etc. |
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HISTORY -- General. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Local history.
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| Added Title |
Historical cultures in the early United States |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781625344984 1625344988 (DLC) 2019044528 (OCoLC)1129148792 |
| ISBN |
9781613767443 (electronic book) |
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1613767447 (electronic book) |
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9781625344984 |
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1625344988 |
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9781625344991 |
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1625344996 |
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40030087618 |
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