Local history

Here are entered works on the writing and compiling of local histories. Collective histories, and works on the historiography, of several localities of a country, state, etc., are entered under the name of the place with subdivision [History, Local.] Individual local histories are entered under [[place]--History.]
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85077932
- info:lc/authorities/sh85077932
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85077932#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
- LCSH Collection - Authorized Headings
- LCSH Collection - General Collection
Variants
- Historiography, Local
- History, Local
- Local historiography
- Local history--Historiography
Broader Terms
- Historiography
Narrower Terms
- Classification--Books--Local history
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://stitch.cs.vu.nl/vocabularies/rameau/ark:/12148/cb11944175t
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://d-nb.info/gnd/4130370-2
General Notes
- Here are entered works on the writing and compiling of local histories. Collective histories, and works on the historiography, of several localities of a country, state, etc., are entered under the name of the place with subdivision [History, Local.] Individual local histories are entered under [[place]--History.]
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 1994-08-12: revised

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