Thompson, Paul,  1935- <br/><br/>
The voice of the past :  oral history / 
Paul Thompson. 
 - 3rd ed. 
 - Oxford [England] ;  New York :  Oxford University Press,  c2000. 
 - xii, 368 p. ;  20 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>CONTENTS : History and the Community ; Historians and Oral  History ; The Achievement of Oral History ; Evidence ;  Memory and the Self ; Projects ; The Interview ; Storing  and Sifting ; Interpretation: The Making of History ;  Further Reading and Notes ; A Life-Story Interview Guide ;  Index       
<br/><br/> The author offers advice on designing an oral history  project; discusses reliability of oral evidence; considers  the context of the development of historical writing  including its social function; and looks at memory, the  self and the use of drama and therapy.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0192893173 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>00027863 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>History--Methodology.<br/>Oral history.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>907/.2