The voice of the past : oral history /
Paul Thompson with Joanna Bornat.
- Fourth edition.
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, (c)2017.
- 1 online resource (xii, 484 pages)
- Oxford oral history series .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; The Voice of the Past; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the Fourth Edition; 1 History and the Community; 2 Historians and Oral History; 3 Reaching Out: Other Cultures; 4 Parallel Strands; 5 Transforming Oral History through Theory Lynn Abrams; 6 The Achievement of Oral History; 7 Evidence; 8 Memory and the Self; 9 Projects; 10 The Interview; 11 After the Interview; 12 Interpretation; Appendix: Three Life Story Interview Guides; Notes; Bibliography; Websites; Index of Names; Index.
Oral history and life stories, through recording the experiences of people of all kinds, invigorate both past and present, broadening life's base with unique testimony from hidden spheres of experience such as family relationships, the informal culture of work or the lives of migrants. This fully revised fourth edition of Paul Thompson's classic The Voice of the Past offers an invaluable tool for anyone using this approach.