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Voice of the Past Oral History

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ISBN-10: 0192893173

ISBN-13: 9780192893178

Edition: 3rd 2000 (Revised)

Authors: Paul Thompson

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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, the self and the use of drama and therapy. This new edition has been substantially revised and updated and includes an expanded discussion of narrative approaches and new technology used in the recording of…    
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Book details

List price: $42.99
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/25/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.76" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Born in Seaforth, Ontario in 1942, Ted Johns studied a t the University of Toronto before teaching in a fishing village in Labrador and lecturing in English at Brock University. His plays include Naked on the North Shore, He Won't Come in From the Barn, The School Show, The Death of the Donnellys, St. Sam and the Nukes, Two Brothers and Back Up and Push.

History and the Community Historians and Oral History The Achievement of Oral History Evidence Memory and the Self Projects The Interview Storing and Sifting Interpretation: The Making of History Further Reading and Notes A Life-Story Interview Guide Index