Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Maps xi
4. Foreword xiii
5. Introduction: The Concept and the Practitioners of Local History 1
6. 1. A Place Called Home 17
7. 2. Grasses, Waters, and Muskrats: A Region’s Compasses 30
8. 3. The Rule of Market and the Law of the Land 43
9. 4. Writing History through the Senses: Sounds 60
10. 5. Anger: Mapping the Emotional Landscape 77
11. 6. The Clandestine 97
12. 7. Madness 113
13. 8. Madame Bovary and a Lilac Shirt: Literature and Local History 128
14. 9. The Red Rock: Inventing Peoples and Towns 143
15. 10. Business First and Always 168
16. Conclusion: The Plight of the Local Historian 185
17. Notes 193
18. Acknowledgments and Sources 221
19. Index 233