Oral history books

Singing the Law is about the legal lives and afterlives of oral cultures in East Africa, particularly as they appear...  Read More >>

Renowned artist Han Meilin gives an oral history of the harrowing events that turn his life and fledgling artistic...  Read More >>

Lochmaben, in, Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland, has historic connections to the family of Robert the...  Read More >>

Record-Making and Record-Keeping in Early Societies provides a concise and up-to-date survey of early record-making...  Read More >>

This book is the first of its kind to investigate the ongoing significance of industrial craft in deindustrialising...  Read More >>

The first ever complete oral history of one of the darkest episodes of modern times.  Read More >>

Dare we forget the Covid-19 pandemic ever happened? 33 people tell their stories of how the pandemic changed...  Read More >>

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Offers an unrivalled account of how a rural Black community drew together to combat the immense forces aligned against...  Read More >>

Offers an unrivalled account of how a rural Black community drew together to combat the immense forces aligned against...  Read More >>

This book focuses predominantly on conducting oral history with people of recent wars and conflicts. It serves as...  Read More >>

The Ahom dynasty was one of the greatest political entities of medieval Asia, equal to, if not greater than, its...  Read More >>

Includes tales of fairies, changelings, ghosts, witches, saints, the devil, giants, kings, queens, and robbers....  Read More >>

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Illuminating the experiences of immigrants to Australia in the late twentieth century, this book uses oral history...  Read More >>

This book tells the story of the boom in smalls museums that took place in Britain from the 1960s onwards. Drawing...  Read More >>

This book tells the story of the boom in smalls museums that took place in Britain from the 1960s onwards. Drawing...  Read More >>

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The greatest cocktail party ever thrown in Hollywood.  Read More >>

In this book, Bernard Chiang records the history of his family and their contributions to Singapore's community...  Read More >>

Building on sixty years of fieldwork, archival research and oral accounts, this book presents the history of prophetic...  Read More >>

In this book, Bernard Chiang records the history of his family and their contributions to Singapore's community...  Read More >>

Luminous, illuminating, almost meditative - lose yourself in the lives and stories of a quiet woodland village in...  Read More >>

The very personal war stories and varied experiences of over 50 women who lived through WW2  Read More >>

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