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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450459003321

Autore

Thompson Paul Richard <1935->

Titolo

The voice of the past [[electronic resource] ] : oral history / / Paul Thompson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2000

ISBN

1423767640

1-280-44465-7

1-4237-6764-0

0-19-158639-0

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (383 pages)

Collana

Opus Books

Disciplina

907/.2

Soggetti

Oral history

History - Methodology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [324]-354) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; 1 History and the Community; 2 Historians and Oral History; 3 The Achievement of Oral History; 4 Evidence; 5 Memory and the Self; 6 Projects; 7 The Interview; 8 Storing and Sifting; 9 Interpretation: The Making of History; A Life-Story Interview Guide; Further Reading and Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this revised edition of Paul Thompson's successful book, he traces oral history through its own past and weighs up the recent achievements of this international movement. He challenges myths of historical scholarship and looks at the use of oral sources by the historian. The author offers advice on designing a project; discusses reliability of oral evidence; considers the context of the development of historical writing including it's social function.; and looks at memory, theself and the use of drama and therapy.