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Oral Tradition: A Study in Historical Methodology
Oral Tradition A Study in Historical Methodology
Author: Jan Vansina
Oral traditions are historical sources of a special nature. Their special nature derives from the fact that they are "unwritten" sources couched in a form suitable for oral transmission, and that their preservation depends on the powers of memory of successive generations of human beings. In many parts of the world inhabited by peoples without ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780202308197
ISBN-10: 0202308197
Publication Date: 2/9/2006
Pages: 226
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Publisher: Aldine Transaction
Book Type: Paperback
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