Rethinking Home: A Case for Writing Local History

by Joseph A. Amato

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Joseph A. Amato proposes a bold and innovative approach to writing local history in this imaginative, wide-ranging, and deeply engaging exploration of the meaning of place and home. Arguing that people of every place and time deserve a history, Amato draws on his background as a European cultural historian and a prolific writer of local history to explore such topics as the history of cleanliness, sound, anger, madness, the clandestine, and the environment...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520232933

ISBN13:9780520232938

Release Date:April 2002

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:261 Pages

Weight:0.72 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.8" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Education & Reference Europe Historical Study & Educational Resources Historiography History State & Local Words, Language & Grammar

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