American Farms: Exploring Their History (Exploring Community History Series)

American Farms: Exploring Their History (Exploring Community History Series)

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Book Description
Here is a how-to-do-it book for local historians, whether beginners or seasoned veterans. It leads the local historian through the major sources and suggests appropriate techniques for researching and writing the history of a nearby farm. It discusses the value of oral history and photographs, notes the importance of farm architecture, and evaluates the importance of technological change, among other topics. This study also provides helpful suggestions for conducting research at libraries and state historical societies, as well as for writing the history of a farm. It will prove essential for all professional, as well as nonprofessional, historians.

American Farms: Exploring Their History (Exploring Community History Series),R. Douglas Hurt,Krieger Publishing Company,0894648918,Agricultural History,Agriculture,Agriculture - General,General,Historiography,History,History - General History,Methodology,Science/Mathematics,Technology,United States

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