Speaking history : oral histories of the American past, 1865-present / [compiled by] Sue Armitage and Laurie Mercier.
2009
E661 .S64 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
Speaking history : oral histories of the American past, 1865-present / [compiled by] Sue Armitage and Laurie Mercier.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9781403977830 (pbk.)
1403977836 (pbk.)
9781403977823
1403977828
1403977836 (pbk.)
9781403977823
1403977828
Publication Details
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Language
English
Description
xiv, 200 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
E661 .S64 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
973
Summary
This volume of selected oral histories features the voices of Americans who lived through some of the most critical events shaping the nation's history since the Civil War. This first-of-a-kind compilation allows students, scholars, and other readers to explore the connections and disconnections between individual stories and broader historical themes by understanding how history plays out in individual lives. Comprised of oral history interviews drawn from some of the country's major collections, Speaking History presents a remarkable array of diverse American voices. Included here are fascinating, often moving accounts of everything from slavery to protest movements, world wars to work and leisure, forming a detailed mosaic of American life in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Supplemented with valuable historical context, this book demonstrates how oral history interviews can bring the past to life by linking individual experiences to larger historical narratives.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Palgrave studies in oral history.
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