Elite Oral History: A Guide to Interviewing for Historians

Author:   Dr Michael Kandiah (King’s College London, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781472508232


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   16 November 2023
Format:   Hardback
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Elite Oral History provides support for those intending to use oral history as a research tool to understand, analyse and describe developments in the recent past. It guides the reader through the various methods of collecting oral testimony and offers a discussion of important issues in the field, such as transcription and archiving oral material. This book considers how ethical and legal considerations affect research and suggests best practices to be followed by researchers in various scenarios. Consideration is also given to the ways in which elite oral history should be used and why all contemporary historians should contemplate using it. Elite Oral History is an essential text for anyone interested in knowing more about the practicalities and methodologies involved in oral history.

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Author:   Dr Michael Kandiah (King’s College London, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN:  

9781472508232


ISBN 10:   1472508238
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   16 November 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. What is Elite Oral History? 2. Semi-Structured Interviewing 3. Unstructured Interviewing 4. Witness Seminars 5. Ethical and Legal Considerations 6. Transcription and Archiving 7. Using and Re-Using Elite Oral History 8. Keypoints and Checklists Index

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Michael Kandiah is Director of the Witness Seminar Programme at the Institute of Contemporary British History, King's College London, UK.

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