Oral history, community, and work in the American West [[electronic resource] /] / Jessie L. Embry, editor
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Oral history, community, and work in the American West [[electronic resource] /] / Jessie L. Embry, editor
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| Pubblicazione: | Tucson, : University of Arizona Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 978/.034 |
| Soggetto topico: | Interviews - West (U.S.) |
| Oral history - West (U.S.) | |
| Soggetto geografico: | West (U.S.) Social life and customs 20th century |
| West (U.S.) Social conditions 20th century | |
| Altri autori: |
EmbryJessie L
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| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Reflections -- Stories of community and work in the Redd Center Oral History Program / Jessie L. Embry -- A two-way street: explaining and creating community through oral history / Barbara Allen Bogart -- Probing memory and experience: the untapped potential of oral history (re)collections / Laurie Mercier -- Examples of neglected groups -- "Everybody worked back then": oral history, memory and Indian economies in northern California / William Bauer -- Bittersweet memories: oral history, Mexican Americans, and the power of place / Jose M. Alamillo -- "That's all we knew": an oral history of family labor in the American Southwest -Skott Brandon Vigil -- "Colorado has been real good to us": an oral history project with Japanese Americans in Weld County, Colorado / Georgia Wier -- Using oral history to record the story of the Las Vegas African American community / Claytee White -- Women at work in Las Vegas, 1940-1980 / Joanne L. Goodwin -- "Every woman has a story": Donna Joy McGladrey's Alaskan adventure / Sandra K. Mathews -- Searching for the rest of the story: documenting the Dee School of Nursing / John Sillito, Sarah Langsdon, and Marci Farr -- The Utah Eagle Forum: legitimizing political activism as women's work / Melanie Newport -- Essential sources -- Creating community: telling the story of the Mormons in Fort Collins, Colorado / Linda M. Meyer -- Every mine, every cow camp, every ranch: oral history as field work / Leisl Carr Childers -- Oral history among the orchards: a look at the James George Stratton family / Kristi Young -- Afterword: when history talks back / Clyde A. Milner II. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "The essays in this volume are case studies of the importance of oral history in understanding community and work in the American West"--Provided by publisher. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Oral history, community, and work in the American West |
| ISBN: | 0-8165-9927-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910790568903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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