A Guide to the Study of Manitoba Local History

Gerald Friesen (Author), Barry Potyondi (Author)

Local history buffs, students, teachers, and armchair historians will find a wealth of information and practical advice in this guide to the study of local history. The authors explore some of the most fruitful areas of research in such themes as the environment, population, transportation and communication, agriculture, politics, social and family life. In five appendices they provide more detailed information for the determined researcher. Specific advice is given on compiling a community archive or data base, and on publishing a local history. An extensive bibliography and a guide to local archives complete the book.

Currently out of print.

About the Authors

Gerald Friesen is the author of The Canadian Prairies, the most influential and widely read history of western Canada, and A Guide to Manitoba Local History (with Barry Potyondi). His articles have been published in newspapers, journals, and books, and he has lectured internationally. Currently professor of history at the University of Manitoba, he was the first Seagram Chair at the Institute for the Study of Canada at McGill University (1996-97).

Barry Potyondi is Director of Research, Great Plains Research Consultants.

Book Details

  • A Guide to the Study of Manitoba Local History
  • Gerald Friesen (Author), Barry Potyondi (Author)
  • Published January 1981, 195 pages
  • Paper, ISBN: 9780887550249, 6 × 9, $70.00
  • Topic(s): History

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