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Rescued from Oblivion : Historical Cultures in the Early United States
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Title
Rescued from Oblivion : Historical Cultures in the Early United States / Alea Henle.
ISBN
9781613767443
9781625344991
9781613767450
9781625344984
Publication
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2020]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021
Copyright Notice Date
©[2020]
Physical Description
1 online resource (272 pages).
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Project MUSE books annual backfile collection 2021.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 13, 2023
Series
Public history in historical perspective
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."
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
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Genre/Form
Local history.
History.
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