Oral history books

Like many European Jews, Sam Iwry began his life in Poland, but at the age of ten fled with his family to Russia...  Read More >>

This is the first book devoted to an oral history of a British university during the 'swinging sixties'. Students,...  Read More >>

This work on the practice and use of oral history is in two parts, the first exploring some of the general issues...  Read More >>

This book documents the history of two celebrated mines in Sussex County, New Jersey, through the eyes of those...  Read More >>

This fascinating book brings together the personal memories of people who have lived and grown up in Southend-on-Sea...  Read More >>

This book describes, in their own words, the lives of everyday people in Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Lithuania,...  Read More >>

This volume is an intimate collection of oral history interviews that captures the lives of the people who were...  Read More >>

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This first oral history of living Medal of Honor winners evokes Flags of Our Fathers with stirring accounts of patriotic...  Read More >>

Dona Ramona Benitez Franco was born in 1902 on her parents' Arizona ranch and celebrated her hundredth birthday...  Read More >>

A unique documentary history of Irish civilization, from ancient times to the present. Offering a treasure trove...  Read More >>

A unique oral history of a much-neglected aspect of the First World War  Read More >>

On March 24, 1944, Nazi occupation forces in Rome killed 335 unarmed civilians in retaliation for a partisan attack...  Read More >>

A reassessment of conventional South Asian historiography from a subaltern perspective and a unique look at how...  Read More >>

A reassessment of conventional South Asian historiography from a subaltern perspective and a unique look at how...  Read More >>

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Harry Truman was the first American president to authorize an oral history of his life, compiled from interviews...  Read More >>

This sourcebook contains some of the finest Mandinka oral traditions ever published, emphasizing history and witchcraft....  Read More >>

"In 1999 Bryan Woolley of """"The Dallas Morning News"""" set out to record the stories of ordinary people in North...  Read More >>

Fighting continued throughout the winter, and early in 1918 the German Command, strengthened by divisions brought...  Read More >>

"Using unique Imperial War Museum archive material, the story of the final stages of World War I is told in the...  Read More >>

This recording uses Imperial War Museum archive material, in which the story of World War I during the first year...  Read More >>

During the dreadful Battle at Verdun, the French command urged the British to ease the pressure, and launch their...  Read More >>

It was no comfort, either, that many people back at home had little idea of the suffering in the battlefields, although...  Read More >>

This recording uses Imperial War Museum archive material, in which the story of World War I during the first year...  Read More >>