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Oral history, community, and work in the American West
Title
Oral history, community, and work in the American West [electronic resource] / Jessie L. Embry, editor.
ISBN
0816599270
9780816599271
0816530173
9780816530175 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2013 (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2013)
Physical Description
1 online resource (pages cm)
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Summary
"The essays in this volume are case studies of the importance of oral history in understanding community and work in the American West"--Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE - UPCC 2013 Complete.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2013 US Regional Studies, West.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 15, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Reflections
Stories of community and work in the Redd Center Oral History Program / Jessie L. Embry
A two-way street: explaining and creating community through oral history / Barbara Allen Bogart
Probing memory and experience: the untapped potential of oral history (re)collections / Laurie Mercier
Examples of neglected groups
"Everybody worked back then": oral history, memory and Indian economies in northern California / William Bauer
Bittersweet memories: oral history, Mexican Americans, and the power of place / Jose M. Alamillo
"That's all we knew": an oral history of family labor in the American Southwest -Skott Brandon Vigil
"Colorado has been real good to us": an oral history project with Japanese Americans in Weld County, Colorado / Georgia Wier
Using oral history to record the story of the Las Vegas African American community / Claytee White
Women at work in Las Vegas, 1940-1980 / Joanne L. Goodwin
"Every woman has a story": Donna Joy McGladrey's Alaskan adventure / Sandra K. Mathews
Searching for the rest of the story: documenting the Dee School of Nursing / John Sillito, Sarah Langsdon, and Marci Farr
The Utah Eagle Forum: legitimizing political activism as women's work / Melanie Newport
Essential sources
Creating community: telling the story of the Mormons in Fort Collins, Colorado / Linda M. Meyer
Every mine, every cow camp, every ranch: oral history as field work / Leisl Carr Childers
Oral history among the orchards: a look at the James George Stratton family / Kristi Young
Afterword: when history talks back / Clyde A. Milner II.
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