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Hoopes, James Edward was born on May 16, 1944 in Pittsburgh. Son of Edgar Martin and Ruth Hoopes.
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"A recognized authority of American intellectual history, James Hoopes concerns himself in this study with the eighteenth and nineteenth-century secularization of Puritanism's philosophical underpinnings... An important book in intellectual history. Those who read it will be challenged; those who understand it will be rewarded."--H. Roger King, History: Reviews of New Books. "One of the dozen or so most intriguing books that I have read in the past decade."--Theodore Dwight Bozeman, William and Mary Quarterly.
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(A manual addressed to students rather than to teachers or...)
A manual addressed to students rather than to teachers or researchers, Oral History: An Introduction for Students is unique among the "how to" books in the field, adapting some of the best methods of group oral history projects to the needs of individual students. Useful in courses devoted entirely to oral history, the book also addresses the wider audience of students who may choose to do oral research in the context of otherwise traditional courses. The emphasis is on humanistic, imagininative, and intellectual challenge for students in integrating oral accounts with written documents. Only by achieving such flexibility, argues the author, can oral history fully realize its potential as a learning and teaching technique. A signficant contribution to theory and methodology as well as an introductory manual, this book will be of interest to professional oral history researchers and those individual scholars interested in adding oral history to their research techniques. James Hoopes has explored the writings of sociology and communications specialists in order to present a richly detailed and helpful analysis of the interview situation from a transactional point of view. Of particular interest is the section of the book devoted to the ways in which oral history can be related to other areas of research such as biography and family history and to the broader fields of cultural and social history. Hoopes' s central theme is that oral history, whether viewed primarily as a learning or research technique, can fulfill its promise as an important and humanistic resource only if it becomes part of general historical study wherever it is applicable.
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Hoopes, James Edward was born on May 16, 1944 in Pittsburgh. Son of Edgar Martin and Ruth Hoopes.
Bachelor in History, Bowling Green State University, 1965; Master of Arts in European History, University of Wisconsin, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy in History, Johns Hopkins University, 1973.
Teacher English, Peace Corps, Malaysian, Borneo, 1965-1967; visiting assistant professor, Brown U., Providence, 1973-1976; visiting assistant professor, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1976-1977; assistant professor of history, Babson College, Babson Park, Massachusetts, 1978-1981; associate professor, Babson College, Babson Park, Massachusetts, 1981-1986; professor, Babson College, Babson Park, Massachusetts, since 1986. Fulbright senior lecturer U. Manchester, 1989-1990. Numerous presentions forvarious organizations.
(A manual addressed to students rather than to teachers or...)
( "A recognized authority of American intellectual histor...)
Member American History Association, American Studies Association, Organisation American Historians.
Married Carol Lea Aberbach, April 12, 1975. Children: Johanna, Benjamin.