Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-219) and index.
Contents
Introduction : the concept and the practitioners of local history -- A place called home -- Grasses, waters, and muskrats : a region's compasses -- The rule of market and the law of the land -- Writing history through the senses : sounds -- Anger : mapping the emotional landscape -- The clandestine -- Madness -- Madame Bovary and a lilac shirt : literature and local history -- The red rock : inventing peoples and towns -- Business first and always -- Conclusion : the plight of the local historian.
