据《书评文摘》1984年1月号的介绍说,这是一本史学家和社会学家运用口述史来研究二十世纪欧洲的论文集。他们论述了口述史方法的优缺点,以及这些研究方法对一些课题和群体所产生的影响。许多作者运用各种类型的访问资料来评定通常在历史研究中所使用的文献史料的正确 According to the Book Review Digest, January 1984, this is a collection of essays by historians and sociologists who used oral history to study Europe in the twentieth century. They discuss the pros and cons of oral history methods and the impact these research methods have on some topics and groups. Many authors use various types of access materials to assess the correctness of the historical sources of documents commonly used in historical studies