Recording Oral History: A Practical Guide for Social Scientists

Recording Oral History: A Practical Guide for Social Scientists
ISBN-10
0803955790
ISBN-13
9780803955790
Category
History
Pages
300
Language
English
Published
1994-02-14
Publisher
SAGE
Author
Valerie Raleigh Yow

Description

With extensive examples from both historical and social science literature, this book is a practical guide to methods of recording oral history. The author provides suggestions on a range of techniques from developing a written interview guide and using tape recorders to asking probing questions during in-depth interviews and editing transcriptions. She also covers the ethical and legal issues involved in conducting life-history interviews and elaborates on three different types of oral history projects: community studies, biographies and family histories.

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