| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (318 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-303) and index. |
| Contents |
An oral history of our time -- Setting up an oral history project -- Conducting interviews -- Using oral history in research and writing -- Videotaping oral history -- Preserving oral history in archives and libraries -- Teaching oral history -- Presenting oral history. |
| Summary |
Oral history is vital to our understanding of the cultures and experiences of the past. Unlike written history, oral history forever captures people's feelings, expressions, and nuances of language. But what exactly is oral history? How reliable is the information gathered by oral history? And what does it take to become an oral historian? Donald A. Ritchie, a leading expert in the field, answers these questions and in particular, explains the principles and guidelines created by the Oral History Association to ensure the professional standards of oral historians. Doing Oral History has become. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Oral history.
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Oral history. |
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Oral history -- Methodology.
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Oral history -- Methodology. |
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Historiography.
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Historiography. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ritchie, Donald A., 1945- Doing oral history. 2nd ed. Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2003 (DLC) 2003009205 |
| ISBN |
9780198035138 (electronic book) |
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0198035136 (electronic book) |
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0195154347 (Paper) |
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0195154339 (alkaline paper) |
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