Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Encyclopedia of Local History (American Association for State and Local History)

The Encyclopedia of Local History addresses nearly every aspect of local history, including everyday issues, theoretical approaches, and trends in the field. This encyclopedia provides both the casual browser and the dedicated historian with adept commentary by bringing the voices of over one hundred experts together in one place. Authoritative yet accessible, comprehensive yet charming, Carol Kammen & Amy H. Wilson’s volume is a deep resource for historical organizations of any size. The second edition features new essays about doing local history in each U.S. state and Canadian province and addresses problems, process, and technological changes in the field. Kammen and Wilson incorporate both technology and international perspectives to show how the field has grown in the 21st century. This book remains a handy reference tool that no local historian’s desk should be without! Review From A to Z this impressive volume provides a superb reference and compelling evidence of the vitality of our state and local history organizations, professionals, and citizens.--James H. Madison, author of The Indiana Way: A State History Institutions that interpret and present local history need more than the professional standards, policies, and procedures found in other publications. They also require an intellectual foundation and knowledge of concepts and terminology that can be the substance of expressing history and culture. Kammen and Wilson have included the nuts and bolts of local history as well as important and valuable broader concepts and interpretive themes.--Michael Rose, Atlanta History Center About the Author Carol Kammen is the author of several books, including On Doing Local History (2003), and writes the long-running History News editorial of the same name. She is the Tompkins County, N.Y., historian, has taught at Cornell University and a local community college for 25 years, has lectured across the country on local history. Amy H. Wilson is an independent museum consultant. She was first curator, then director of the Chemung County Historical Society in Elmira, N.Y., from 1997–2010.