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9780192893178

The Voice of the Past Oral History

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    9780192893178

  • ISBN10:

    0192893173

  • Edition: 3rd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-05-25
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

Now in a new edition, this influential book traces oral history through its own past and weighs up the recent achievements of this international movement. Paul Thompson challenges myths of historical scholarship and looks closely at the use of oral sources by historians. He offers advice ondesigning a project; discusses reliability of oral evidence; considers the context of the development of historical writing including its social function; and looks at memory, the self and the use of drama and therapy. This new edition has been substantially revised and updated and includes anexpanded discussion of narrative approaches and looks at new technology used in the recording of information.

Author Biography


Paul Thompson is Director of the National Life Story Collection in London and founder-editor of Oral History.

Table of Contents

History and the Community
1(24)
Historians and Oral History
25(57)
The Achievement of Oral History
82(36)
Evidence
118(55)
Memory and the Self
173(17)
Projects
190(32)
The Interview
222(24)
Storing and Sifting
246(19)
Interpretation: The Making of History
265(44)
A Life-Story Interview Guide 309(15)
Further Reading and Notes 324(31)
Index 355

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