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Paul Thompson (oral historian)

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Subsequent oral history work includes studies of the family and community life of Scottish fishermen as well as car workers in Coventry and Turin. Recently, Thompson carried out a research project aimed at recording life stories with trans-national Jamaican families and is currently expanding on his
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and the journal Oral History. Between 1970 and 1973 he carried out a project titled 'Family Life and Work Experience before 1918' which was the first national oral history interview study to be carried out in Britain. The project resulted in a number of publications, including Thompson's
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in London. The aim of this new collection was to "record first-hand experiences of as wide a cross-section of present-day society as possible".
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Thompson is regarded as one of the pioneers of oral history as a research methodology in the social sciences. In 1973 he founded the
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Paul Thompson at "Pioneers of Qualitative Research" from the Economic and Social Data Service
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London Working Class Politics and the Formation of the London Labour Party, 1885-1914
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In 1987 he also founded the National Life Story Collection (now known as
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Pathways to social class: a qualitative approach to social mobility
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Socialists, Liberals and Labour: the struggle for London 1885-1914
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Environmental consciousness: the roots of a new political agenda
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Between 1994 and 2001, Thompson was also the Director of
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Narrative and genre: contexts and types of communication
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Between generations: family models, myths and memories
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Listening for a change: oral testimony and development
137:, New York: William Heinemann and Viking Press, 1967 230:City lives: the changing voices of British finance 16:British sociologist and oral historian (born 1935) 48:, graduating in 1958 with First Class Honours in 179:, London, Boston: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1983 171:Our common history: the transformation of Europe 157:The Edwardians: the remaking of British society 86:The Edwardians: The Remaking of British Society 184:I don't feel old: the experience of later life 314:"About Paul Thompson ESDS Qualidata Pioneers" 8: 145:, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1971, 60:(Social History) at the newly established 260:With Bertaux, D. and Rotkirch, A. (eds.) 20: 340:"National Life Stories | Projects" 287: 207:, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993 186:, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990 166:, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978 160:, London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975 103:work with pioneers of social research. 271:, Kingston, Jamaica: Ian Randle, 2006 7: 239:, USA: Oxford University Press, 1997 122:, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1965 164:The voice of the past: oral history 113:Architecture: art or social service 269:Jamaican hands across the Atlantic 200:, London: Panos Publications, 1993 182:With Itzin, C. and Abendstern, M. 14: 218:, Oxford: Oxford University, 1996 120:A history of English architecture 276:Sea-change: Wivenhoe remembered 262:On living through Soviet Russia 225:, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996 118:With Kidson, P. and Murray, P. 115:, London: Fabian Society, 1963 1: 257:, New York: Transaction, 2004 44:Thompson was educated at the 214:and Leydesdorff, S. (eds.) 173:, London: Pluto Press, 1982 407: 237:Growing up in stepfamilies 169:With Burchardt, N. (eds.) 264:, London: Routledge, 2004 250:, London: Routledge, 1998 193:, London: Routledge, 1990 95:) at the British Library 203:With Bertaux, D. (eds.) 253:With Hussey, S. (eds.) 232:, London: Methuen, 1996 189:With Samuel, R. (eds.) 97:National Sound Archive 26: 361:National Life Stories 278:, Stoud: Tempus, 2006 107:Selected publications 93:National Life Stories 25:Paul Thompson in 1997 24: 391:British sociologists 320:on 27 September 2011 191:The myths we live by 81:Oral History Society 46:University of Oxford 142:William Butterfield 62:University of Essex 34:University of Essex 381:British historians 228:With Courtney, C. 177:Living the fishing 27: 221:With Bertaux, D. 216:Gender and memory 398: 344: 343: 336: 330: 329: 327: 325: 316:. Archived from 310: 304: 303: 298:. Archived from 292: 406: 405: 401: 400: 399: 397: 396: 395: 366: 365: 352: 347: 338: 337: 333: 323: 321: 312: 311: 307: 302:on 24 May 2009. 294: 293: 289: 285: 274:With Corti, B. 267:With Bauer, E. 244:Chamberlain, M. 109: 77: 42: 40:Academic career 17: 12: 11: 5: 404: 402: 394: 393: 388: 383: 378: 368: 367: 364: 363: 358: 351: 350:External links 348: 346: 345: 331: 305: 286: 284: 281: 280: 279: 272: 265: 258: 251: 240: 233: 226: 219: 208: 201: 194: 187: 180: 174: 167: 161: 153: 138: 134:William Morris 129: 123: 116: 108: 105: 76: 73: 69:ESDS Qualidata 50:modern history 41: 38: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 403: 392: 389: 387: 384: 382: 379: 377: 376:Living people 374: 373: 371: 362: 359: 357: 354: 353: 349: 341: 335: 332: 319: 315: 309: 306: 301: 297: 291: 288: 282: 277: 273: 270: 266: 263: 259: 256: 252: 249: 245: 241: 238: 234: 231: 227: 224: 220: 217: 213: 212:Passerini, L. 209: 206: 202: 199: 195: 192: 188: 185: 181: 178: 175: 172: 168: 165: 162: 159: 158: 154: 152: 151:0-7100-6930-8 148: 144: 143: 139: 136: 135: 130: 127: 124: 121: 117: 114: 111: 110: 106: 104: 100: 98: 94: 89: 87: 82: 74: 72: 70: 65: 63: 59: 55: 51: 47: 39: 37: 35: 31: 30:Paul Thompson 23: 19: 334: 322:. Retrieved 318:the original 308: 300:the original 290: 275: 268: 261: 254: 247: 236: 235:With et al. 229: 222: 215: 204: 197: 196:With et al. 190: 183: 176: 170: 163: 156: 140: 132:The work of 131: 125: 119: 112: 101: 90: 85: 78: 75:Oral History 66: 53: 43: 29: 28: 18: 386:1935 births 370:Categories 283:References 324:28 August 58:Sociology 246:(eds.) 149:  242:With 210:With 326:2009 147:ISBN 372:: 342:. 328:.

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Paul Thompson in his University office.
University of Essex
University of Oxford
modern history
Sociology
University of Essex
ESDS Qualidata
Oral History Society
National Life Stories
National Sound Archive
William Morris
William Butterfield
ISBN
0-7100-6930-8
The Edwardians: the remaking of British society
Passerini, L.
Chamberlain, M.
"Paul Thompson and the Problem of Communities in London"
the original
"About Paul Thompson ESDS Qualidata Pioneers"
the original
"National Life Stories | Projects"
Paul Thompson at "Pioneers of Qualitative Research" from the Economic and Social Data Service
National Life Stories
Categories
Living people
British historians
1935 births
British sociologists

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