Researching and Writing Local Histories of the Twentieth Century: An Introduction and Review

Abstract

This themed edition of the journal brings together a number of the papers presented to ‘Researching and writing local histories of the twentieth century’, a conference held at the University of Lincoln in April 2010. The event was organised and supported by the British Association for Local History (BALH), the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, the University of Lincoln and Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln. Thanks are expressed to the various representatives of these organisations and institutions who assisted in the planning and delivery of the conference.