Local History

Local history is the study of history in a geographically local context and it often concentrates on the local community. It incorporates cultural and social aspects of history. Historic plaques are one form of documentation of significant occurrences in the past and oral histories are another. Local history is often documented by local historical societies or groups that form to preserve a local historic building or other historic site. Many works of local history are compiled by amateur historians working independently or archivists employed by various organizations. An important aspect of l ...more

Vanishing Philadelphia:: Ruins of the Quaker City (Lost)
Real Philly History, Real Fast: Fascinating Facts and Interesting Oddities about the City's Heroes and Historic Sites
California: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)
Frankford (Images of America: Pennsylvania)
Lower Northeast Philadelphia (Images of America: Pennsylvania)
Philadelphia's City Hall (Images of America: Pennsylvania)
Black Mass
Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England
Still Philadelphia: A Photographic History, 1890-1940
The Making of Milwaukee
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
Along the Schuylkill River (Images of America: Pennsylvania)
They Died Crawling: And Other Tales of Cleveland Woe (Cleveland Crime and Disaster Series by John Stark Bellamy II)
Philadelphia: A 300-Year History
Cleveland's Lake View Cemetery (Images of America: Ohio)
Harem Scarem in El Cerrito by Neva Calvert CarpenterI Was Their American Dream by Malaka GharibThese Thy Gifts by Vincent PanettiereCalifornia's Contra Costa County an Illustrated History by George EmanuelsEl Cerrito by El Cerrito Historical Society
El Cerrito, California
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Pattern and Repertoire in History by Professor Bertrand M. RoehnerEnd Times by Peter Turchin
Big Ideas about Local History
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From Chaucer to Childish by Michael   O'ConnorThe Complete Poems by John WilmotThe Faerie Queene by Edmund SpenserTelling Tales by Patience Agbabi
Medway Delta
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Mark   Ellis
Trenton got up and made for the bathroom. On the way he paused to put a record on the gramophone. He loved music first thing in the morning and his good friend Fred Astaire was a particular favourite. As he stepped into the bath, he began to sing along. ‘Da da da da da da…I’m putting’ on my top hat, tying up my white tie, brushing’ off my tails.
Mark Ellis, Death of an Officer

Eric Overby
No matter where you live, we are all in the membership of this small group of people that we call a county. The difference is not a matter of who’s in and who’s out; it’s a matter of whether you know that you are a continuation of something bigger than yourself. We are all a part of the life and history of the place.
Eric Overby

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