Oral history books

1378 books were found.

Frankie: The Woman Who Saved Millions from Thalidomide

Frankie: The Woman Who Saved Millions from Thalidomide...

Author: James Essinger ,  Sandra Koutzenko
ISBN: 9780750991926
Format: Electronic book text
$25.82

The story of the one woman who, against all odds, stopped Thalidomide in its tracks because it poisoned a nation...  Read More >>

Blood Island: An Oral History of the Marichjhapi Massacre

Blood Island: An Oral History of the Marichjhapi Massacre...

Author: Deep Halder
ISBN: 9789353025878
Format: Paperback
$30.95

Journalist Deep Halder uncovers the 1979 Marichjhapi massacre in West Bengal, where thousands of Hindu refugees...  Read More >>

Decolonizing Research: Indigenous Storywork as Methodology

Decolonizing Research: Indigenous Storywork as Methodology...

Author: Linda Tuhiwai Smith (University of Waikato, New Zealand) ,  Jo-ann Archibald Q’um Q’um Xiiem
ISBN: 9781786994615
Format: Hardback
$170.00

A landmark exploration from indigenous scholars and activists into how indigenous storytelling practices can decolonize...  Read More >>

Children’s Voices from the Past: New Historical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Children’s Voices from the Past: New Historical and...

Author: Kristine Moruzi ,  Nell Musgrove
ISBN: 9783030118952
Format: Hardback
$310.47

Divided into four sections, the book considers children's voices in different types of historical records, examining...  Read More >>

Reading Canadian Women's and Gender History

Reading Canadian Women's and Gender History

Author: Nancy Janovicek ,  Carmen Nielson
ISBN: 9781442629714
Format: Paperback
$64.99

By putting past and present scholarship into dialogue with each other, this book addresses accomplishments in Canadian...  Read More >>

HIV Survivors in Sydney: Memories of the Epidemic

HIV Survivors in Sydney: Memories of the Epidemic

Author: Cheryl Ware
ISBN: 9783030051013
Format: Hardback
$155.22

Inner-city Sydney was the epicenter of gay life in the Southern hemisphere in the 1970s and early 1980s.  Read More >>

The Missing Lands: Uncovering Earth's Pre-flood Civilization

The Missing Lands: Uncovering Earth's Pre-flood Civilization...

Author: Freddy Silva
ISBN: 9780578482194
Format: Paperback
$65.97

Best-selling author Freddy Silva re-examines indigenous traditions and discovers an ancient civilization of master...  Read More >>

The Compassionate Rebel Revolution: Ordinary People Changing the World

The Compassionate Rebel Revolution: Ordinary People...

Author: Burt Berlowe ,  Rebecca Janke
ISBN: 9781527527928
Format: Hardback
$263.87

This revised edition of the second volume in the award-winning Compassionate Rebel series features the inspiring,...  Read More >>

Walking the Roadless Road: Exploring the Tribes of Nagaland

Walking the Roadless Road: Exploring the Tribes of Nagaland...

Author: Easterine Kire
ISBN: 9789388292672
Format: Hardback
$72.42

The book features key moments in Naga history and also gives us a picture of the Nagas in the twenty-first century....  Read More >>

Oral History and the War: The Nazi Concentration Camp Experience in a Biographical-Narrative Perspective

Oral History and the War: The Nazi Concentration Camp...

Author: Machteld Venken ,  Piotr Filipkowski
ISBN: 9783631748664
Format: Hardback
$143.87

The book offers interpretations of oral history interviews with Polish survivors of the Mauthausen concentration...  Read More >>

Fly Until You Die: An Oral History of Hmong Pilots in the Vietnam War

Fly Until You Die: An Oral History of Hmong Pilots in...

Author: Chia Youyee Vang (Professor of History, Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
ISBN: 9780190622145
Format: Hardback
$290.40

Fly Until You Die: An Oral History of Hmong Pilots in the Vietnam War recounts the experiences of ethnic minority...  Read More >>

Faces of Hastings: Diversity in a Rural Nebraska Community

Faces of Hastings: Diversity in a Rural Nebraska Community...

Author: Jessica Henry
ISBN: 9781942885665
Format: Paperback
$52.80

Faces of Hastings celebrates difference and diversity in a small...  Read More >>

Homer: A Very Short Introduction

Homer: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Barbara Graziosi (Professor of Classics, Durham University)
ISBN: 9780199589944
Format: Paperback
$21.95

The Iliad and the Odyssey are the cornerstones of Western literature, inspiring artists, writers, philosophers,...  Read More >>

The Soviet Past in the Post-Socialist Present: Methodology and Ethics in Russian, Baltic and Central European Oral History and Memory Studies

The Soviet Past in the Post-Socialist Present: Methodology...

Author: Melanie Ilic ,  Dalia Leinarte
ISBN: 9780367263836
Format: Paperback
$92.99

This innovative and original collection of essays brings together writings by an international team of historians...  Read More >>

Borderland Memories: Searching for Historical Identity in Post-Mao China

Borderland Memories: Searching for Historical Identity...

Author: Martin T. Fromm
ISBN: 9781108475921
Format: Hardback
$232.88

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History as Spectacle: Charles V and imagery

History as Spectacle: Charles V and imagery

Author: Peter Burke
ISBN: 9781912224708
Format: Paperback
$50.55

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Women’s Work in Special Period Cuba: Making Ends Meet

Women’s Work in Special Period Cuba: Making Ends Meet...

Author: Daliany Jerónimo Kersh
ISBN: 9783030056292
Format: Hardback
$168.16

The abrupt loss of Soviet financial support in 1989 resulted in the near-collapse of the Cuban economy, ushering...  Read More >>

History as Spectacle: Charles V and imagery

History as Spectacle: Charles V and imagery

Author: Peter Burke
ISBN: 9781912224715
Format: Hardback
$120.95

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Revolution Remembered: Seditious Memories After the British Civil Wars

Revolution Remembered: Seditious Memories After the...

Author: Edward Legon
ISBN: 9781526124654
Format: Hardback
$183.99

This book examines 'seditious memories' in the Restoration period. It reveals the social depth of opposition to...  Read More >>

Truth, Morality, and Meaning in History

Truth, Morality, and Meaning in History

Author: Paul T. Phillips
ISBN: 9781487523381
Format: Paperback
$44.99

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Truth, Morality, and Meaning in History

Truth, Morality, and Meaning in History

Author: Paul T. Phillips
ISBN: 9781487504533
Format: Hardback
$99.99

This book is a call to action for all those engaged in the study of history to direct more attention to the fundamental...  Read More >>

Borders, Conflict Zones, and Memory: Scholarly engagements with Luisa Passerini

Borders, Conflict Zones, and Memory: Scholarly engagements...

Author: Donna R. Gabaccia (University of Toronto, Canada) ,  Franca Iacovetta (University of Toronto, Canada)
ISBN: 9780367231132
Format: Paperback
$92.99

In this volume, scholars ponder intersubjectivity in the study of memory and violence; and oral historian Luisa...  Read More >>

The Transgenerational Consequences of the Armenian Genocide: Near the Foot of Mount Ararat

The Transgenerational Consequences of the Armenian Genocide:...

Author: Anthonie Holslag
ISBN: 9783030098780
Format: Paperback
$263.97

This book brings together the Armenian Genocide process and its transgenerational outcome, which are often juxtaposed...  Read More >>

A Holocaust Memoir of Love & Resilience: Mama's Survival from Lithuania to America

A Holocaust Memoir of Love & Resilience: Mama's Survival...

Author: Ettie Zilber
ISBN: 9789493056022
Format: Paperback
$36.10

With the Nazi occupation of Kovno (Lithuania), Zlata's life changed forever. Gone was her normal life and her dream...  Read More >>

Auditor's Talk: An Oral History of the Profession from the 1920s to the Present Day

Auditor's Talk: An Oral History of the Profession from...

Author: Jim Pirie ,  Derek Matthews
ISBN: 9781138863897
Format: Paperback
$114.00

This book is an oral history of the auditing profession in Britain from 1920s to the present day based on extended...  Read More >>

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