num_pages: 296
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.
language: English
title: Recording Oral History: A Practical Guide for Social Scientists
titlecomplete: Recording Oral History: A Practical Guide for Social Scientists
genres: Nonfiction, History, Oral History
ratings_count: 62
publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc