TY - BOOK AU - Thompson,Paul TI - The voice of the past: oral history SN - 0192893173 (pbk.) U1 - 907/.2 21 PY - 2000/// CY - Oxford [England], New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - History KW - Methodology KW - Oral history N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 N2 - 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. ER -