Testimonies of the City: Identity, Community and Change in a Contemporary Urban World - Couverture rigide

 
9780754655602: Testimonies of the City: Identity, Community and Change in a Contemporary Urban World
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0754655601 ISBN 13 : 9780754655602
Editeur : Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

Oral testimony is one of the most valuable but challenging sources for the study of modern history, providing access to knowledge and experience unavailable to historians of earlier periods. In this groundbreaking collection, oral testimonies are used to explore themes relating to the construction of urban memories in European cities during the twentieth century. From the daily experiences of city life, to personal and communal responses to urban change and regeneration, to migration and the construction of ethnic identities, oral history is employed to enrich our understanding of urban history. It offers insights and perspectives that both enhance existing approaches and forces us to re-examine official histories based on more traditional sources of documentation. Moreover, it enables the historian to understand something of the nature of memory itself, and how people construct their own versions of the urban experience to try to make sense of the past. By using the full range of opportunities offered by oral history, as well as fully considering the related methodological issues of interpretation, this volume provides a fascinating insight into one of the least explored areas of urban history. As well as adding to our understanding of the European urban experience, it highlights the potential of this intersection of oral and urban history.

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

À propos de l?auteur

Richard Rodger is Professor of Urban History and Director of the East Midlands Oral History Archive at the University of Leicester, UK. Joanna Herbert is Research Fellow in the Department of Geography, Queen Mary, University of London, UK.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0754655601
ISBN 13 
9780754655602
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
296
Éditeur
Herbert Joanna, Rodger Richard
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9781138259324: Testimonies of the City

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1138259322 ISBN 13 :  9781138259324
Editeur : Routledge, 2016
Couverture souple