Oral history : an interdisciplinary anthology

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Oral history : an interdisciplinary anthology / David K. Dunaway, Willa K. Baum, editors.

Dunaway, David King. (Added Author). Baum, Willa K. (Added Author). American Association for State and Local History. (Added Author). Oral History Association. (Added Author).

Summary:

Oral History: An Interdisciplinary Anthology is a collection of classic articles by some of the best known proponents of oral history, demonstrating the basics of oral history, while also acting as a guidebook for how to use it in research. Added to this new edition is insight into how oral history is practiced on an international scale, making this book an indispensable resource for scholars of history and the social sciences, as well as those interested in oral history on the avocational level.

Record details

ISBN: 0761991883 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780761991885 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 0761991891 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780761991892 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: 432 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Walnut Creek : AltaMira Press, c1996.

Content descriptions

General Note:: "Published in cooperation with the American Association for State and Local History and the Oral History Association."
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Introduction : the interdisciplinarity of oral history / David K. Dunaway -- Oral history : how and why it was born / Allan Nevins -- Oral history / Louis Starr -- Directions for oral history in the United States / Ronald J. Grele -- Reliability and validity in oral history / Alice Hoffman -- Distinguishing the significant from the insignificant / Barbara Tuchman -- Accuracy in oral history interviewing / William Cutler III. -- Oral history : an appreciation / William Moss -- Oral tradition and historical methodology / Jan Vansina.

A note on oral tradition and historical evidence / Ruth Finnegan -- Oral history project design / David Lance -- Introduction to Tom Rivers / Saul Benison -- Theory, method, and oral history / Peter Friedlander -- Reflections on ethics / Amelia Fry -- Preface to The Saga of Coe Ridge / Lynwood Montell -- The folklorist, the oral historian, and local history / Larry Danielson -- Oral history and the writing of ethnic history / Gary Y. Okihiro -- What's so special about women? Women's oral history / Sherna Gluck.

Using oral history for a family history project / Linda Shopes -- The search for generational memory / Tamara Hareven -- Black history, oral history, and genealogy / Alex Haley -- The oral historian and the folklorist / Richard Dorson -- Oral history as communicative event / Charles Joyner -- The anthropological interview and the life history / Sidney Mintz -- Radio and the public use of oral history / David K. Dunaway -- The expanding role of the librarian in oral history / Willa K. Baum.

Oral history in Mexico and the Caribbean / Eugenia Meyer -- The development of oral history in Britain / Paul Thompson -- Oral history in Germany / Karin Hartewig -- Oral history in France / Danièle Voldman -- Oral history in Italy / Alessandro Portelli -- Oral history in Latin America / Dora Schwartzstein.