{"product_id":"the-voice-of-the-past-oral-history-4th-edition-paperback","title":"The Voice of the Past: Oral History, 4th edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJoanna Bornat\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOral history gives history back to the people in their own words. And in giving a past, it also helps them towards a future of their own making. Oral history and life stories help to create a truer picture of the past and the changing present, documenting the lives and feelings of all kinds of people, many otherwise hidden from history. It explores personal and family relationships and uncovers the secret cultures of work. It connects public and private experience, and it highlights the experiences of migrating between cultures. At the same time it can bring courage to the old, meaning to communities, and contact between generations. Sometimes it can offer a path for healing divided communities and those with traumatic memories. Without it the history and sociology of our time would be poor and narrow.\u003cbr\u003e In this fourth edition of his pioneering work, fully revised with Joanna Bornat, Paul Thompson challenges the accepted myths of historical scholarship. He discusses the reliability of oral evidence in comparison with other sources and considers the social context of its development. He looks at the relationship between memory, the self and identity. He traces oral history through its own past and weighs up the recent achievements of a movement which has become international, with notably strong developments in North America, Europe, Australia, Latin America, South Africa and the Far East, despite resistance from more conservative academics.\u003cbr\u003e This new edition combines the classic text of \u003cem\u003eThe Voice of the Past \u003c\/em\u003ewith many new sections, including especially the worldwide development of different forms of oral history and the parallel memory boom, as well as discussions of theory in oral history and of memory, trauma and reconciliation. It offers a deep social and historical interpretation along with succinct practical advice on designing and carrying out a project, \u003cem\u003eThe Voice of the Past\u003c\/em\u003e remains an invaluable tool for anyone setting out to use oral history and life stories to construct a more authentic and balanced record of the past and the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaul Thompson\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor Emeritus in Sociology at the University of Essex. He is Founder-Editor of \u003cem\u003eOral History \u003c\/em\u003eand Founder of National Life Stories at the British Library. He is a pioneer of oral history in Europe and author of the international classic \u003cem\u003eThe Voice of the Past\u003c\/em\u003e. His other books include \u003cem\u003eThe Edwardians\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLiving the Fishing\u003c\/em\u003e. He is co-author of \u003cem\u003ePathways to Social Class\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGrowing Up in Stepfamilies\u003c\/em\u003e, and most recently, \u003cem\u003eJamaican Hands Across the Atlantic.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoanna Bornat\u003c\/strong\u003e is Emeritus Professor of Oral History at the Open University, UK. She has a longstanding involvement in oral history, nationally and internationally, and has been an editor of the \u003cem\u003eOral History\u003c\/em\u003e for many years. She has researched and published on various oral history topics including migration, the family, reminiscence, religion and non belief, and gender together with an interest in the re-use of archived interviews and aspects of community oral history.\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 504\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 24, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52610488566067,"sku":"9780199335466","price":145.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/dVhxdzRUMmFlYVo5d1EvbzJtOVVoQT09.webp?v=1761828758","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-voice-of-the-past-oral-history-4th-edition-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}