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020			_a9780199335466 (pbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)714569776
040			_aBLR _beng _erda
082	0	4	_223 _a907.2 THO _b022078
100	1		_aThompson, Paul, _d1935- _eauthor
245	1	4	_aThe voice of the past : _bOral History. _cPaul Thompson with Joanna Bornat.
250			_aFourth edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2017.
300			_axii, 484 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
490		0	_aOxford oral history series.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aCover; 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.
520			_a"Oral history gives history back to the people in their own words. And in giving a past, it also helps them towards a future of their own making. Oral history and life stories help to create a truer picture of the past and the changing present, documenting the lives and feelings of all kinds of people, many otherwise hidden from history. It explores personal and family relationships and uncovers the secret cultures of work. It connects public and private experience, and it highlights the experiences of migrating between cultures. At the same time it can bring courage to the old, meaning to communities, and contact between generations. Sometimes it can offer a path for healing divided communities and those with traumatic memories. Without it the history and sociology of our time would be poor and narrow. In this fourth edition of his pioneering work, fully revised with Joanna Bornat, Paul Thompson challenges the accepted myths of historical scholarship. He discusses the reliability of oral evidence in comparison with other sources and considers the social context of its development. He looks at the relationship between memory, the self and identity. He traces oral history through its own past and weighs up the recent achievements of a movement which has become international, with notably strong developments in North America, Europe, Australia, Latin America, South Africa and the Far East, despite resistance from more conservative academics. This new edition combines the classic text of The Voice of the Past with many new sections, including especially the worldwide development of different forms of oral history and the parallel memory boom, as well as discussions of theory in oral history and of memory, trauma and reconciliation. It offers a deep social and historical interpretation along with succinct practical advice on designing and carrying out a project, The Voice of the Past remains an invaluable tool for anyone setting out to use oral history and life stories to construct a more authentic and balanced record of the past and the present."-- Provided by publisher.
650		0	_aOral history.
650		0	_aHistory _xMethodology.
650		6	_aHistoire orale.
650		7	_aHISTORY _xStudy & Teaching.
650		7	_aMuntlig tradition.
650		7	_aHistorisk metod.
700	1		_aBornat, Joanna, _eauthor
830		0	_aOxford oral history series.
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