American farms
Subtitle: exploring their history
By: R. Douglas Hurt.
Edition: Original ed.
Series: Exploring community history series
Publisher: Krieger Pub. Co.
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Malabar, Fla
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
Subjects: Agriculture -- United States -- Historiography.; Agriculture -- United States -- History -- Methodology.
Description: "A how-to-do-it book for local historians...for writing the history of a farm." Discusses oral history, using photographs, and the importance of farm architecture. Suggests major sources, appropriate techniques for research at libraries and state historical societies, and how to write the history.--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-162) and index.