The Oral History Review articles from January 2006

The Oral History Review archives from January 2006

A people's history of industrial Philadelphia: reflections on community oral history projects and the uses of the past.
January 1, 2006... Abstract In this article the author reflects on three community oral history projects he conducted in Philadelphia between 1978 and 1984. Brief histories of these projects are used as an opportunity for reflections on urban folk history, and...

The solidarity revolution in Poland, 1980-1981.
January 1, 2006... Abstract This article, based upon in-depth interviews with anti-government leaders and activists, first explains the significance of the upheaval in Communist Poland in 1980-1981 and articulates how the author became involved in this research...

The matrix of eating disorder vulnerability: oral history and the link between personal and social problems.
January 1, 2006... Abstract In this article the authors analyze the original oral history transcript of a college student suffering from anorexia nervosa. Research shows that eating disorders are the result of a variety of personal and social factors that come...

Myths and the "politics of exceptionality": interpreting Chicana/o narratives of achievement.
January 1, 2006... Abstract The author draws from select topical life histories conducted with individuals who enrolled in doctoral programs at UC Berkeley during a ten-year period beginning with 1968. She examines the myths surrounding academic achievement for...

Drifting, from Memoryscape Audio Walks.(Sound recording review)
January 1, 2006... DRIFTING, from MEMORYSCAPE AUDIO WALKS. Produced by Toby Butler in conjunction with the Geography Department, Royal Holloway, University of London. 2 audio CDs, mp3 downloads, and map booklets available at http://www.memoryscape.org.uk. ...

A Navajo Legacy: The Life and Teachings of John Holiday.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... A NAVAJO LEGACY: THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF JOHN HOLIDAY. By John Holiday and Robert S. McPherson. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2005.384 pp. Hardbound $29.95. When I interviewed my father, I turned on the tape recorder, recorded...

Anarchy and Community in the New American West: Madrid, New Mexico 1970-2000.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... ANARCHY AND COMMUNITY IN THE NEW AMERICAN WEST: MADRID, NEW MEXICO 1970-2000. By Kathryn Hovey. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2005. 263 pp. Hardbound $34.95. Madrid, New Mexico, was founded by a coal mining company in 1892...

And If I Perish: Frontline U.S. Army Nurses in World War II.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... AND IF I PERISH: FRONTLINE U.S. ARMY NURSES IN WORLD WAR II. By Evelyn M. Monahan and Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.528 pp. Hardbound $30.00. World War II depictions and research on the "Greatest Generation"...

Fighting for America: Black Soldiers: The Unsung Heroes of World War II.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... FIGHTING FOR AMERICA: BLACK SOLDIERS: THE UNSUNG HEROES OF WORLD WAR II. By Christopher Paul Moore. New York: Ballantine Books, 2005.367 pp. Hardbound $27.95. Dorie Miller, a Navy messman, was one of the first heroes of World War II....

Dialogue with the Past: Engaging Students and Meeting Standards Through Oral History.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... DIALOGUE WITH THE PAST: ENGAGING STUDENTS AND MEETING STANDARDS THROUGH ORAL HISTORY. By Glenn Whitman. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2004. 167 pp. Cloth $72.00. Paper $24.95. We who teach oral history or work with teachers owe a debt...

June Bug's Grocery and the Cornfield Jook: A South Albany Oral History.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... JUNE BUG'S GROCERY AND THE CORNFIELD JOOK: A SOUTH ALBANY ORAL HISTORY. By Mary Sterner Lawson. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, Inc., 2003. 192 pp. Softbound $26.99. The story behind June Bug's Grocery and the Cornfield Jook is nearly...

Prairie Power: Voices of 1960s Midwestern Student Protest.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... PRAIRIE POWER: VOICES OF 1960S MIDWESTERN STUDENT PROTEST. By Robbie Lieberman. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2004. 264 pp. Hardbound $44.95. In his oral history in this volume, Carl Davidson claims he coined the term "prairie...

Saving the Children: History of the Organized Effort to Rescue Jewish Children in the Netherlands.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... Omdat Hun Hart Sprak: Geschiedenis van de georganiseerde hulp aan Joodse kinderen in Nederland, 1942-1945. Bert Jan Flim. Amsterdam: Kok Kampen, 1996. SAVING THE CHILDREN: HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZED EFFORT TO RESCUE JEWISH CHILDREN IN THE...

Riding the Rails: Teenagers on the Move During the Great Depression.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... RIDING THE RAILS: TEENAGERS ON THE MOVE DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION. By Errol Lincoln Uys. New York: Routledge, 2003. 303 pp. Softbound $18.95. During the Great Depression, more than 250,000 young people left home and snuck aboard trains...

Six Generations Here: A Farm Family Remembers.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... SIX GENERATIONS HERE: A FARM FAMILY REMEMBERS. By Marjorie L. McLellan. Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1997. 144 pp. Softbound $24.95. Six Generations Here: A Farm Family Remembers was published eight years ago, but it...

Subversive Southerner: Anne Braden and the Struggle for Racial Justice in The Cold War South.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... SUBVERSIVE SOUTHERNER: ANNE BRADEN AND THE STRUGGLE FOR RACIAL JUSTICE IN THE COLD WAR SOUTH. By Catherine Fosl. Forward by Angela Davis. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.405 pp. Softbound $19.95. At the end of Catherine Fosl's remarkable...

Ten Pound Poms: Australia's Invisible Migrants.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... TEN POUND POMS: AUSTRALIA'S INVISIBLE MIGRANTS. By A. James Hammerton and Alistair Thomson. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 2005. 377 pp. Softbound $14.99. After World War II, the British and Australian governments...

Tenderly Lift Me: Nurses Honored, Celebrated, and Remembered.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... TENDERLY LIFT ME: NURSES HONORED, CELEBRATED, AND REMEMBERED. By Jeanne Bryner. Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University Press, 2004. 208 pp. Softbound $18.00. Tenderly Lift Me tells the story of unsung heroes past and present, primarily...

Upside Down: Seasons Among the Nunamiut.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... UPSIDE DOWN: SEASONS AMONG THE NUNAMIUT. By Margaret B. Blackman. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 2004. 206 pp. Hardbound $27.95. Upside Down: Seasons Among the Nunamiut is a collection of essays by well-known oral...

The Whales, They Give Themselves: Conversations with Harry Brower, Sr.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... THE WHALES, THEY GIVE THEMSELVES: CONVERSATIONS WITH HARRY BROWER, SR. Edited by Karen Brewster. Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Press, 2004. 248 pp. Hardbound $45.00; paperback $22.95. When Harry Brower, Sr. (1924-1992) was a child...

Letter to the editor.(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2006... I read with interest Professor Charles T. Morrissey's review of my biography, Immersed in Great Affairs: Allan Nevins and the Heroic Age of American History [Oral History Review 32/1 (Winter/Spring 2005): 88-90]. Mr. Morrissey is obviously...