Description

Among the historians included are: Sandro Portelli, Ron Grele, Barbara Tuchman, Alex Haley, and many others. For librarians, writers, producers, interviewers, and everyone interested in learning and using oral writing. The anthology:

• Traces the origins of oral history in the United States.
• Reviews approaches to oral history by folklorists, historians, anthropologists, and librarians.
• Addresses the applications of oral history for family, regional, and ethnic historians and internationally, oral history in Latin America, Europe, Britain, and the Caribbean.