Doing oral history : a practical guide / Donald A. Ritchie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ritchie, Donald A., 1945- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oral history.

Oral history--Methodology.

Historiography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

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

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-303) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-83779-9

0-19-803513-6

OCLC:

252666070