Oral history books

1339 books were found.

Old Norse Mythology

Old Norse Mythology

Author: John Lindow (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, Department of Scandinavian at the University of California, Berkeley)
ISBN: 9780197554487
Format: Paperback
$45.95

This unique introduction emphasizes how ancient Scandinavians understood and made use of their mythological stories....  Read More >>

Once Upon a Time in Iraq

Once Upon a Time in Iraq

Author: James Bluemel ,  Renad Mansour
ISBN: 9781785944574
Format: Paperback
$22.99

Accompanying a major 5-part BBC2 series from BAFTA-award winning documentary maker James Bleumel, a riveting oral...  Read More >>

Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India through Its Languages

Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India through...

Author: Peggy Mohan
ISBN: 9780670093687
Format: Hardback
$51.72

One of India's most incredible and enviable cultural aspects is that every Indian is bilingual, if not multilingual....  Read More >>

The Chinese Dream and Ordinary Chinese People

The Chinese Dream and Ordinary Chinese People

Author: Mai Lu
ISBN: 9789813349513
Format: Hardback
$258.72

This collection of interviews explores how the Chinese Dream is fueling the aspirations of individuals in China...  Read More >>

Sea of Death: The Baltic, 1945

Sea of Death: The Baltic, 1945

Author: Claes-Goeran Wetterholm
ISBN: 9780750995078
Format: Paperback
$49.99

The story of the worst ship disasters in history, of ships sunk in the Baltic between January and May 1945.  Read More >>

Discourses of Memory and Refugees: Exploring Facets

Discourses of Memory and Refugees: Exploring Facets...

Author: Siobhan Brownlie
ISBN: 9783030343811
Format: Paperback
$116.41

This book explores the discourse by and about refugees and asylum seekers in relation to memory with a particular...  Read More >>

Hell Paso: Life and Death in the Old West's Most Dangerous Town

Hell Paso: Life and Death in the Old West's Most Dangerous...

Author: Samuel K. Dolan
ISBN: 9781493041503
Format: Hardback
$60.99

"Spanning a thirty-year period, from the late 1800s until the 1920s, Hell Paso is the true story of the desperate...  Read More >>

Kurdish Women's Stories

Kurdish Women's Stories

Author: Houzan Mahmoud
ISBN: 9780745341149
Format: Paperback
$43.96

The stories of women who lived, worked and struggled in Kurdistan  Read More >>

They Said This Day Would Never Come: The Magic of Obama's Improbable Campaign

They Said This Day Would Never Come: The Magic of Obama's...

Author: Chris Liddell-Westefeld
ISBN: 9781529308273
Format: Paperback
$26.99

The thrilling, inspirational story of Obama's first Presidential campaign, as told by those who lived it.  Read More >>

Old Norse Mythology

Old Norse Mythology

Author: John Lindow (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, Department of Scandinavian at the University of California, Berkeley)
ISBN: 9780190852252
Format: Hardback
$179.95

This unique introduction emphasizes how ancient Scandinavians understood and made use of their mythological stories....  Read More >>

Christianity, Femininity and Social Change in Contemporary China

Christianity, Femininity and Social Change in Contemporary...

Author: Li Ma
ISBN: 9783030318048
Format: Paperback
$116.41

Women make up the vast majority of Protestant Christians in China—a largely faceless majority, as their stories...  Read More >>

Kurdish Women's Stories

Kurdish Women's Stories

Author: Houzan Mahmoud
ISBN: 9780745341132
Format: Hardback
$219.94

The stories of women who lived, worked and struggled in Kurdistan  Read More >>

Recipes for a New Beginning: Transylvanian Jewish Stories of Life, Hunger, and Hope

Recipes for a New Beginning: Transylvanian Jewish Stories...

Author: Kinga Júlia Király
ISBN: 9783946993902
Format: Hardback
$116.44

"""Recipes for a New Beginning"" is a literary and scholarly work, a cookbook, a cultural dictionary, and a memorial...  Read More >>

New Social Movements and the Armenian Question in Turkey: Civil Society vs. the State

New Social Movements and the Armenian Question in Turkey:...

Author: Özlem Belçim Galip
ISBN: 9783030593995
Format: Hardback
$168.16

This book explores and comparatively assesses how Armenians as minorities have been represented in modern Turkey...  Read More >>

Minds Stayed On Freedom: The Civil Rights Struggle In The Rural South--an Oral History

Minds Stayed On Freedom: The Civil Rights Struggle In...

Author: Tyler Bay ,  Tyler Bay
ISBN: 9780367153847
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book is an oral history project and a vivid portrait of the civil rights struggle in one Mississippi county....  Read More >>

Martin Alonso Pomare Howard: El clamor de las islas: San Andres y Providencia bajo el gobierno colombiano

Martin Alonso Pomare Howard: El clamor de las islas:...

Author: Juan Duchesne Winter
ISBN: 9789584933522
Format: Paperback
$105.60

El propósito...  Read More >>

Martin Alonso Pomare Howard: Clamor of the islands: Saint Andrew and Old Providence under Colombian Rule

Martin Alonso Pomare Howard: Clamor of the islands:...

Author: Juan Duchesne Winter
ISBN: 9789584922038
Format: Paperback
$105.60

sin embargo, contiene un resumen sobre los primeros habitantes de las islas, sus actividades y sumisión a diversas...  Read More >>

Going to the Berries: Voices of Perthshire and Angus Seasonal Workers

Going to the Berries: Voices of Perthshire and Angus...

Author: Roger Leitch ,  Caroline Milligan
ISBN: 9781910682395
Format: Paperback
$28.44

The recollections of folk who have come from near and far, and from a variety of backgrounds, for the berry-picking...  Read More >>

Orality and Language

Orality and Language

Author: G. N. Devy (Centre for Multidisciplinary Development Research, Dharwad, India) ,  Geoffrey V. Davis (University of Aachen, Germany)
ISBN: 9780367609375
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book deals with the language and orality of the indigenous people from Asia, Australia, North America and South...  Read More >>

Orality and Language

Orality and Language

Author: G. N. Devy (Centre for Multidisciplinary Development Research, Dharwad, India) ,  Geoffrey V. Davis (University of Aachen, Germany)
ISBN: 9780367245368
Format: Hardback
$315.00

This book deals with the language and orality of the indigenous people from Asia, Australia, North America and South...  Read More >>

The Berbers of Morocco: A History of Resistance

The Berbers of Morocco: A History of Resistance

Author: Michael Peyron
ISBN: 9781838600464
Format: Hardback
$220.00

From the Rif War to the rebellion of 1958, the Berbers (Imazighen) have played a central role in the history of...  Read More >>

The Horn of Africa Diasporas in Italy: An Oral History

The Horn of Africa Diasporas in Italy: An Oral History...

Author: Gabriele Proglio
ISBN: 9783030583255
Format: Hardback
$258.72

This book delves into the history of the Horn of Africa diaspora in Italy and Europe through the stories of those...  Read More >>

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