Let's create a practical guide to oral history

Author: (USA) Richard
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Features: For anyone involved in oral history, whether as an interviewer, interviewee, or user, this book is essential. —Arthur Schlesinger Jr., City University of New York Graduate Center
This book is based on the professional standards and principles revised by the Oral History Association of America and is an encyclopedic manual on the theory, methods, and practice of oral history. —BookNews, Inc.
This book goes far beyond its literal meaning; it conveys the author's passion for oral history. Placed in a social and professional context, it will inspire both novices and experts. —American Archivist
This is a well-structured, comprehensive, fluent, approachable, and informative book. I believe this valuable guide will satisfy many researchers. —Susan Amtchevich, Washington State University
The author has presented us with an extremely comprehensive, influential, and engaging introduction to oral history. It will serve as a fundamental guide for students and scholars planning to apply oral history, as well as an important resource for readers who simply want to gain knowledge about this increasingly indispensable field of historical research. —Lawrence Levine, George Mason University
Regarding the book title Doing Oral History, the focus is clearly on "doing," emphasizing the idea of learning through practice. Therefore, the author meticulously explains how to plan for oral history, how to act, how to secure funding, how to observe and interpret during interviews, how to protect interviewees' copyright, how interviewers can gather useful information through techniques, how to effectively utilize new technologies, how to preserve interview records, tapes, and CDs, and how to use oral history, among other aspects. This makes the book an encyclopedic manual on the theory, methods, and practice of oral history.
The book's distinctive feature is its question-and-answer format, which uses numerous real-life cases to answer readers' questions in a relaxed, concise, and accurate manner, guiding practitioners to avoid pitfalls and mistakes. What makes the book particularly successful is that readers will realize: everyone can do oral history, and everyone should do oral history.