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Overview
- Series
- American Association for State and Local History book series
American Association for State and Local History book series. - Format
- Book
- Published
- Walnut Creek : AltaMira Press, [1996]
©1996 - Edition
- Second edition
- Contents
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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 tradtion 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. - Notes
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"Published in cooperation with the American Association for State and Local History and the Oral History Association."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 tradtion 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.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 0761991883
0761991891 - Physical Description
- 432 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Oral histories.
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