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Beschreibung
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 looksat 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 looks at new technology used in the recording of information.
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 looksat 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 looks at new technology used in the recording of information.
Über den Autor
Paul Thompson is Director of the National Life Story Collection in London and founder-editor of Oral History.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • 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

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
Fachbereich: Geisteswissenschaften allgemein
Genre: Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780192893178
ISBN-10: 0192893173
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Thompson, Paul
Auflage: 3 Revised edition
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de
Maße: 202 x 131 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Paul Thompson
Erscheinungsdatum: 16.03.2000
Gewicht: 0,407 kg
Artikel-ID: 130958211

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