Documents Flashcards
Who produces Public Documents?
Organisations
What type of organisations produce Public Documents?
Gov departments, schools, businesses and charities
What do the Public Documents include?
Ofsted reports, Council meetings, records of parliamentary debates
What are Personal Documents?
First person accounts of events + personal experiences
What do Personal Documents refer to?
Letters, diaries, photo albums and autobiographies
What is the study using Personal Documents?
William Thomas and Florian; The Polish Peasant in Europe
What did William Thomas and Florian study?
Migration and Social Change
Why did William Thomas and Florian do their study?
As interactionists, they were interested in people’s personal experiences of these events
What did they do in their study?
They used personal docs to reveal the meaning that individuals gave to their migration experiences
What are Historical Documents?
Personal or Public documents created in the past
What did Peter Laslett use?
Parish records in his study of family structure in pre-industrial England
