These perspectives on English local history try to contribute to the enrichment of the panorama of our historiography, and will encourage the production of a comparatively interrelated European historiography, springing from the experiences and actions of the subjects in a given space. Summary: Why English Local History in the Basque Country. English Local History: scope and agenda. English Local History: the community perspective. Anthropological approaches to local history: Iberian examples. Family History and Local History. The spirit of place. Selected bibligraphy of books on English Local History.