An Unauthorized Biography of the World - Oral History on the Front Lines (Paperback, New)

"An Unauthorized Biography of the World" explores the practice of engaged oral history: the difficult, sometimes dangerous work of recovering fragments of human story that have gone missing from the official versions.
Michael Riordon has thirty years' experience as a writer and broadcaster in the field. Readers will encounter a gallery of brave, passionate people who gather silenced voices and lost life stories. The canvas is broad, the stakes are high: the battles for First Nations lands in Canada; environmental justice in Chicago; genocide in Peru; homeless people organizing in Cleveland; September 11/01, and after, in New York City; gay survivors of electroshock in Britain; the struggle to preserve a people's identity in Newfoundland; peasant resistance to a huge transnational gold mine in Turkey.

General

Imprint:	Between the Lines
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	September 2005
First published:	October 2004
Authors:	Michael Riordon
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	320
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-896357-93-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	1-896357-93-8
Barcode:	9781896357935

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