Maynes, Mary Jo. <br/><br/>
Telling stories :  the use of personal narratives in the social sciences and history / 
Mary Jo Maynes, Jennifer L. Pierce, and Barbara Laslett. 
 - Ithaca, N.Y. :  Cornell University Press,  2008. 
 - ix, 186 p. ;  24 cm. 
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<br/><br/> Discusses the use of autobiographies, oral histories, life history interviews, and memoirs as research tools in the social sciences, examining how personal narratives get used as evidence, and describing their methods and the drawbacks of using them to gain a better understanding of the relationship between people and their society. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801473920 0801473926 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008002910 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social sciences--Biographical methods.<br/>Oral history--Methodology.<br/>Oral biography.<br/>Autobiography.<br/>Social sciences.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>300.72