Rebecca Conard
Biographic Data
| ID | 550606 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rebecca Conard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rebecca |
| FAMILY NAME | Conard |
| SIGNATURE | CONARD R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Middle Tennessee State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A New History of Iowa Through an Environmental History Lens
When a Dream Dies: Agriculture, Iowa, and the Farm Crisis of the 1980s
Journal Article When a Dream Dies: Agriculture, Iowa, and the Farm Crisis of the 1980s Get access When a Dream Dies: Agriculture, Iowa, and the Farm Crisis of the 1980s. By Pamela Riney-Kehrberg. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2022. xiv, 288 pp. $39.95.) Rebecca Conard Rebecca Conard Emerita, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Ameri…
The Arc of Iowa History
REBECCA CONARD studies the individuals, institutions, and movements that have driven the publication of Iowa history Beginning shortly after statehood, the essay traces the arc of Iowa history to the present, showing how major publications and the organizations that published them have adjusted to changes in public interest, financial support, and historiographical shifts
Threads of Origin
Introduction| May 01 2021 Threads of Origin: A Roundtable Rebecca Conard Rebecca Conard Rebecca Conard is professor of history emeritus at Middle Tennessee State University and a past president of NCPH. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The Public Historian (2021) 43 (2): 9–10. https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2021.43.2.9 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Revi…
The History of Starved Rock
The Civilian Conservation Corps in Wisconsin: Nature's Army at Work
Review of: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Wisconsin: Nature’s Army at Work, by Jerry Apps
Visions of the Tallgrass: Prairie Photographs by Harvey Payne
Review of:Visions of the Tallgrass: Prairie Photographs by Harvey Payne, photographs by Harvey Payne, essays by James P. Ronda
G. Wesley Johnson, Jr
Obituary| February 01 2019 G. Wesley Johnson, Jr.: April 28, 1932 – November 16, 2018 Rebecca Conard Rebecca Conard Middle Tennesse State University Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The Public Historian (2019) 41 (1): 10–12. https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2019.41.1.10 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo…
Still Grappling with the Definition Question
Book Review| February 01 2018 Still Grappling with the Definition Question Public History: A Textbook of Practice by Thomas Cauvin. New York: Routledge, 2016. x + 282 pp.; illustrations, notes, bibliography, index; clothbound, $175.00; paperbound, $44.95; eBook, $40.46.Introduction to Public History: Interpreting the Past, Engaging Audiences by Cherstin M. Lyon, Elizabeth M. Nix, and Rebecca K. Shrum. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2017. vii +…
The Pragmatic Roots of Public History Education in the United States
Research Article| February 01 2015 The Pragmatic Roots of Public History Education in the United States Rebecca Conard Rebecca Conard Rebecca Conard is Professor of History and Director of Public History at Middle Tennessee State University. She is a past president of the National Council on Public History and currently serves as Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the University of Hertfordshire. Her major publications include Places of Quiet Bea…
Crafting Preservation Criteria: The National Register of Historic Places and American Historic Preservation
Take-away Thoughts: Reflecting on Four Case Studies
This commentary on four case studies of transnational public history projects or experiences teases out the pedagogical implications. Financial and logistical aspects present challenges to designing collaborative initiatives that reach across national boundaries, and must be addressed. However, in order to tap the full educational value, transnational public history endeavors should also contribute to the intellectual core of public history curri…
Public History As Reflective Practice: An Introduction
Facepaint History in the Season of Introspection
Public history has moved from the sidelines of the profession to the playing field. Practitioners, however, have sidestepped persistent questions of definition and theory. In recent years, public history has been increasingly characterized as public scholarship. Conard argues that a complete definition must acknowledge the complex nature of practice. She defines public history as the art of reflective practice in history, a broad concept that enc…
Canada Agriculture Museum Michelle Dondo-Tardiff
Benjamin Shambaugh and the Intellectual Foundations of Public Hisory
Applied Environmentalism, or Reconciliation Among "the Bios" and "the Culturals
Research Article| May 01 2001 Applied Environmentalism, or Reconciliation Among "the Bios" and "the Culturals" Rebecca Conard Rebecca Conard Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The Public Historian (2001) 23 (2): 9–18. https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2001.23.2.9 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon…
Do You Hear What I Hear? Public History and the Interpretive Challenge
Roy ROSENZWEIG AND DAVID THELEN have carefully constructed a valuable listening post for learning more about in public history. And their listening post was thoughtfully constructed. The Presence of the Past describes and analyzes a random-sample survey of 808 adults (18 or older). Conceptualized in 1989, piloted from 1990 through 1992, and conducted by trained telephone interviewers in 1994, the study sought to elicit comparative data about how …
Places of Quiet Beauty: Parks, Preserves, and Environmentalism
Journal Article Places of Quiet Beauty: Parks, Preserves, and Environmentalism. By Rebecca Conard. (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1997. xvi, 382 pp. Paper, $15.95, ISBN 0-87745-558-9.) Get access William R. Lowry William R. Lowry Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 4, March 1999, Pages 1612–1613, https://doi.org/10.…
A conspiracy of optimism: Management of the national forests since World War Two
Places of Quiet Beauty: Parks, Preserves, and Environmentalism
Journal Article Places of Quiet Beauty: Parks, Preserves, and Environmentalism Get access Places of Quiet Beauty: Parks, Preserves, and Environmentalism. By Conard Rebecca. (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1997. xv + 382 pp. Illustrations, maps, tables, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. $15.95, paper.) Richard A. Bartlett Richard A. Bartlett Florida State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar…
Once I Built a Railroad: Viewing History from the Depot Platform
Research Article| April 01 1992 "Once I Built a Railroad": Viewing History from the Depot Platform Rebecca Conard Rebecca Conard Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The Public Historian (1992) 14 (2): 31–48. https://doi.org/10.2307/3378267 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon C…
Roundtable: "The Ideal of Objectivity" and the Profession of History
Research Article| April 01 1991 Roundtable: "The Ideal of Objectivity" and the Profession of History Otis L. Graham,, Jr., Otis L. Graham,, Jr. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Richard G. Hewlett, Richard G. Hewlett Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar David Glassberg, David Glassberg Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Rebecca Cona…
Folklore and History: Old Paths, New Directions
Book Review| July 01 1988 Folklore and History: Old Paths, New Directions American Folklore Studies: An Intellectual HistorySimon J. BronnerFolklife and Museums: Selected ReadingsPatricia HallCharlie SeemannGrasping Things: Folk Material Culture and Mass Society in AmericaSimon J. BronnerPinelands FolklifeRita Zorn MoonsammyDavid Steven CohenLorraine E. WilliamsCorncribs in History, Folklife and ArchitectureKeith E. Roe Rebecca Conard Rebecca Con…
Suburban Encroachment on the Old North 40: The Search for Effective Measures to Preserve Agricultural Land
Since 1956, more than 40 states have passed some form of legislation to preserve agricultural land. These statutes or constitutional amendments invoke a variety of economic and/or legal strategies to obtain their objectives, but the most common strategy is that of the differential tax. None of the various strategies is entirely effective, however, although land resource allocation problems have prompted some economists to reexamine the merits of …
Applied Environmentalism, or Reconciliation Among "the Bios" and "the Culturals
Research Article| May 01 2001 Applied Environmentalism, or Reconciliation Among "the Bios" and "the Culturals" Rebecca Conard Rebecca Conard Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The Public Historian (2001) 23 (2): 9–18. https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2001.23.2.9 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon…
Roundtable: "The Ideal of Objectivity" and the Profession of History
Research Article| April 01 1991 Roundtable: "The Ideal of Objectivity" and the Profession of History Otis L. Graham,, Jr., Otis L. Graham,, Jr. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Richard G. Hewlett, Richard G. Hewlett Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar David Glassberg, David Glassberg Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Rebecca Cona…
Still Grappling with the Definition Question
Book Review| February 01 2018 Still Grappling with the Definition Question Public History: A Textbook of Practice by Thomas Cauvin. New York: Routledge, 2016. x + 282 pp.; illustrations, notes, bibliography, index; clothbound, $175.00; paperbound, $44.95; eBook, $40.46.Introduction to Public History: Interpreting the Past, Engaging Audiences by Cherstin M. Lyon, Elizabeth M. Nix, and Rebecca K. Shrum. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2017. vii +…
The Pragmatic Roots of Public History Education in the United States
Research Article| February 01 2015 The Pragmatic Roots of Public History Education in the United States Rebecca Conard Rebecca Conard Rebecca Conard is Professor of History and Director of Public History at Middle Tennessee State University. She is a past president of the National Council on Public History and currently serves as Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the University of Hertfordshire. Her major publications include Places of Quiet Bea…
Public History As Reflective Practice: An Introduction
Once I Built a Railroad: Viewing History from the Depot Platform
Research Article| April 01 1992 "Once I Built a Railroad": Viewing History from the Depot Platform Rebecca Conard Rebecca Conard Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The Public Historian (1992) 14 (2): 31–48. https://doi.org/10.2307/3378267 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon C…
Legacy: The Documenting of Louisiana Traditions and Folk Life
Suburban Encroachment on the Old North 40: The Search for Effective Measures to Preserve Agricultural Land
Since 1956, more than 40 states have passed some form of legislation to preserve agricultural land. These statutes or constitutional amendments invoke a variety of economic and/or legal strategies to obtain their objectives, but the most common strategy is that of the differential tax. None of the various strategies is entirely effective, however, although land resource allocation problems have prompted some economists to reexamine the merits of …
Folklore and History: Old Paths, New Directions
Book Review| July 01 1988 Folklore and History: Old Paths, New Directions American Folklore Studies: An Intellectual HistorySimon J. BronnerFolklife and Museums: Selected ReadingsPatricia HallCharlie SeemannGrasping Things: Folk Material Culture and Mass Society in AmericaSimon J. BronnerPinelands FolklifeRita Zorn MoonsammyDavid Steven CohenLorraine E. WilliamsCorncribs in History, Folklife and ArchitectureKeith E. Roe Rebecca Conard Rebecca Con…
Roundtable: "The Ideal of Objectivity" and the Profession of History
Research Article| April 01 1991 Roundtable: "The Ideal of Objectivity" and the Profession of History Otis L. Graham,, Jr., Otis L. Graham,, Jr. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Richard G. Hewlett, Richard G. Hewlett Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar David Glassberg, David Glassberg Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Rebecca Cona…
Once I Built a Railroad: Viewing History from the Depot Platform
Research Article| April 01 1992 "Once I Built a Railroad": Viewing History from the Depot Platform Rebecca Conard Rebecca Conard Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The Public Historian (1992) 14 (2): 31–48. https://doi.org/10.2307/3378267 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon C…
A conspiracy of optimism: Management of the national forests since World War Two
Places of Quiet Beauty: Parks, Preserves, and Environmentalism
Journal Article Places of Quiet Beauty: Parks, Preserves, and Environmentalism Get access Places of Quiet Beauty: Parks, Preserves, and Environmentalism. By Conard Rebecca. (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1997. xv + 382 pp. Illustrations, maps, tables, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. $15.95, paper.) Richard A. Bartlett Richard A. Bartlett Florida State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar…
Places of Quiet Beauty: Parks, Preserves, and Environmentalism
Journal Article Places of Quiet Beauty: Parks, Preserves, and Environmentalism. By Rebecca Conard. (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1997. xvi, 382 pp. Paper, $15.95, ISBN 0-87745-558-9.) Get access William R. Lowry William R. Lowry Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 4, March 1999, Pages 1612–1613, https://doi.org/10.…
Do You Hear What I Hear? Public History and the Interpretive Challenge
Roy ROSENZWEIG AND DAVID THELEN have carefully constructed a valuable listening post for learning more about in public history. And their listening post was thoughtfully constructed. The Presence of the Past describes and analyzes a random-sample survey of 808 adults (18 or older). Conceptualized in 1989, piloted from 1990 through 1992, and conducted by trained telephone interviewers in 1994, the study sought to elicit comparative data about how …
Benjamin Shambaugh and the Intellectual Foundations of Public Hisory
Applied Environmentalism, or Reconciliation Among "the Bios" and "the Culturals
Research Article| May 01 2001 Applied Environmentalism, or Reconciliation Among "the Bios" and "the Culturals" Rebecca Conard Rebecca Conard Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The Public Historian (2001) 23 (2): 9–18. https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2001.23.2.9 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon…
Canada Agriculture Museum Michelle Dondo-Tardiff
Facepaint History in the Season of Introspection
Public history has moved from the sidelines of the profession to the playing field. Practitioners, however, have sidestepped persistent questions of definition and theory. In recent years, public history has been increasingly characterized as public scholarship. Conard argues that a complete definition must acknowledge the complex nature of practice. She defines public history as the art of reflective practice in history, a broad concept that enc…
Public History As Reflective Practice: An Introduction
The Pragmatic Roots of Public History Education in the United States
Research Article| February 01 2015 The Pragmatic Roots of Public History Education in the United States Rebecca Conard Rebecca Conard Rebecca Conard is Professor of History and Director of Public History at Middle Tennessee State University. She is a past president of the National Council on Public History and currently serves as Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the University of Hertfordshire. Her major publications include Places of Quiet Bea…
Crafting Preservation Criteria: The National Register of Historic Places and American Historic Preservation
Take-away Thoughts: Reflecting on Four Case Studies
This commentary on four case studies of transnational public history projects or experiences teases out the pedagogical implications. Financial and logistical aspects present challenges to designing collaborative initiatives that reach across national boundaries, and must be addressed. However, in order to tap the full educational value, transnational public history endeavors should also contribute to the intellectual core of public history curri…
Still Grappling with the Definition Question
Book Review| February 01 2018 Still Grappling with the Definition Question Public History: A Textbook of Practice by Thomas Cauvin. New York: Routledge, 2016. x + 282 pp.; illustrations, notes, bibliography, index; clothbound, $175.00; paperbound, $44.95; eBook, $40.46.Introduction to Public History: Interpreting the Past, Engaging Audiences by Cherstin M. Lyon, Elizabeth M. Nix, and Rebecca K. Shrum. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2017. vii +…
G. Wesley Johnson, Jr
Obituary| February 01 2019 G. Wesley Johnson, Jr.: April 28, 1932 – November 16, 2018 Rebecca Conard Rebecca Conard Middle Tennesse State University Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The Public Historian (2019) 41 (1): 10–12. https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2019.41.1.10 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo…
The History of Starved Rock
The Civilian Conservation Corps in Wisconsin: Nature's Army at Work
Review of: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Wisconsin: Nature’s Army at Work, by Jerry Apps
Visions of the Tallgrass: Prairie Photographs by Harvey Payne
Review of:Visions of the Tallgrass: Prairie Photographs by Harvey Payne, photographs by Harvey Payne, essays by James P. Ronda
The Arc of Iowa History
REBECCA CONARD studies the individuals, institutions, and movements that have driven the publication of Iowa history Beginning shortly after statehood, the essay traces the arc of Iowa history to the present, showing how major publications and the organizations that published them have adjusted to changes in public interest, financial support, and historiographical shifts
Threads of Origin
Introduction| May 01 2021 Threads of Origin: A Roundtable Rebecca Conard Rebecca Conard Rebecca Conard is professor of history emeritus at Middle Tennessee State University and a past president of NCPH. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The Public Historian (2021) 43 (2): 9–10. https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2021.43.2.9 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Revi…
A New History of Iowa Through an Environmental History Lens
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