Oral history books

Based on interviews with survivors and rescue workers in the weeks and months that followed the hurricane strike,...  Read More >>

This is a powerful and moving oral history of the Korean War. Here are highly personal accounts of the war from...  Read More >>

Interweaving photographs, concert programs, scores, and drawings with the texts of more than fifty interviews, this...  Read More >>

This is a powerful and moving oral history of the Korean War. Here are highly personal accounts of the war from...  Read More >>

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This work analyzes the oral traditions of the Dawasir tribal confederation in the area of Wadi ad-Dawasir, south...  Read More >>

A collection of memories that records life in the Rhondda valleys from the late nineteenth century onwards. Drawn...  Read More >>

Oral and Literate Culture in England, 1500-1700 explores the oral culture of early modern England. Adam Fox demonstrates...  Read More >>

Viewing this text less as a history than as a possible preliminary step towards a formal history, the author explores...  Read More >>

A Short History of Languages is a history of human speech from prehistory to the present. It charts the rise of...  Read More >>

The world's first women combat pilots were members of the Soviet Army Air Force. Here they speak openly of their...  Read More >>

Foreign Devils is an oral history of expatriates in Hong Kong during the last years of British sovereignty and the...  Read More >>

THESE evocative memories of life in Winchester from the 1880s through to the 1950s paint a vivid picture of what...  Read More >>

Since the 1980s, France has experienced a vigorous revival of interest in its past and cultural heritage. This has...  Read More >>

Here are 24 personal accounts of servicemen who survived the Pearl Harbor attack. These accounts cover in detail...  Read More >>

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Examines and reassesses the use of oral resources in writing African history.  Read More >>

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A collection six essays that deal with oral aspects of the verbal culture of classical and medieval Europe, from...  Read More >>

Since the 1980s, France has experienced a vigorous revival of interest in its past and cultural heritage. This has...  Read More >>

In recorded interviews, the author, an official with the National Colonial Civil Service, assembled a collection...  Read More >>

James Stuart built up what is now regarded as the most valuable collection of African oral traditions in existence...  Read More >>

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Combining anthropology and history, David Carey uses both oral interviews and archival research to construct a history...  Read More >>

In recorded interviews, the author, an official with the National Colonial Civil Service, assembled a collection...  Read More >>