Primary Sources: Oral History: Books - World

"An extraordinary work of oral history that illuminates the diverse ways in which the Chinese perceive and understand their own modern history."

"This book consists of 70-odd short interviews with Chinese people in every walk of life. The pieces, which created a sensation when serialized in China in 1985, present their life stories and attitudes much more realistically than most Chinese reportage or fiction. " Library Journal

"This collection of annotated oral histories records the personal stories of twenty Chinese women who lived in the wartime capital of Chongqing during China's War of Resistance against Japan during World War II."

"Examines the key personalities, issues, and events of the East-West confrontation that has overshadowed lives for over forty years"

Stories of Daily Life, Upheaval, and Escape from Modern Babylon
"... a collection of first-person accounts of Iraqi Jews about their lives in Iraq’s once-vibrant, 2,500 year-old Jewish community. "

"The authors of Jewish Memories saw in the large numbers of Jews who migrated to France during the twentieth century the chance to retrieve a past that might otherwise be lost forever. Through dozens of interviews, they listened to men and women talking of their lives and the places they came from, and found an almost uncanny resonance of individual voices with one another."

The Complete Text of the Film

Transcripts of tape recordings in the William E. Wiener Oral History Library of the American Jewish Committee.

... offers a rare opportunity to hear Moroccan women speak freely about their personal lives. Each woman is introduced in terms of her family background and personal style, and the interviews are given texture and context by references to Moroccan history and popular culture, including contemporary songs and poems.

"This is the history of the Meru people of Mount Kenya, based on their own traditions, from the earliest times through the colonial period. Many of these tales have been ritually passed down through no fewer than nineteen generations; others were remembered by those personally involved. "