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Having mentioned in my previous post the importance of understanding how oral and primarily oral cultures deal with sources, attribution of \u201cauthorship,\u201d \u201cquotation\u201d and other aspects of passing on tradition, I thought I would share two classic books by Jan Vansina that are on Google Books. Vansina\u2019s work on oral tradition<\/a>\"\" and history<\/a>\"\" is well known, and I presume that some readers may find the previews available online interesting and beneficial. He also discusses some of the criteria that historians can use to sift through traditions and attempt to assess their historicity or antiquity.<\/p>\n

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Having mentioned in my previous post the importance of understanding how oral and primarily oral cultures deal with sources, attribution of \u201cauthorship,\u201d \u201cquotation\u201d and other aspects of passing on tradition, I thought I would share two classic books by Jan Vansina that are on Google Books. 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