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Field research : a sourcebook and field manual
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- ISBN: 9780203379998 (e-book : PDF)
- ISBN: 9780415078931 (hardback)
- ISBN: 9781134897469 (e-book: Mobi)
- ISBN: 9781134897506 (e-book: ePub)
- ISBN: 9781134897513 (e-book: PDF)
- ISBN: 9781138969711 (paperback)
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1 online resource (xii, 286 pages) : text file, PDF - Publisher: London ; G. Allen & Unwin, 1982.
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| General Note: | CatMonthString:april.18 Multi-User: limited to 5 simultaneous users. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [264]-279) and indexes. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | chapter 1 Approaches to Field Research / by Robert G.Burgess -- part Section 1 Starting Field Research -- chapter 2 Early Field Experiences / by Robert G.Burgess -- chapter 3 Procedures for Demarcating a Field of Study / by Ely Devons and Max Gluckman -- chapter 4 Methodological Issues in the Study of Bureaucratic Elites: A Case Study of West Point -- chapter 5 Launching a Neighbourhood Study in an African Town / by Valdo Pons -- part Section 2 Field Roles and Field Problems -- chapter 6 Some Role Problems in Field Research / by Robert G.Burgess -- chapter 7 Participant Observers / by Ronald Frankenberg -- chapter 8 The Participant Observer as a Human Being: Observations on the Personal Aspects of Fieldwork -- chapter 9 The Making of a Female Researcher: Role Problems in Fieldwork -- chapter 10 The Problem of Ethical Integrity in Participant Observation / by I.C.Jarvie -- part Section 3 Sampling Strategies in Field Research -- chapter 11 Elements of Sampling in Field Research / by Robert G.Burgess -- chapter 12 Sampling in Ethnographic Fieldwork / by John J.Honigmann -- chapter 13 Time Sampling as a Field Technique / by Linda Brookover Bourque and Kurt W.Back -- chapter 14 The Key Informant Technique: A Non-Ethnographic Application / by Marc-Adélard Tremblay -- part Section 4 Conversations in Field Research -- chapter 15 The Unstructured Interview as a Conversation / by Robert G.Burgess -- chapter 16 Interviewing in Field Research / by William Foote Whyte -- chapter 17 The Life Study: On Mutual Recognition and the Subjective Inquiry / by Thomas J.Cottle -- part Section 5 Historical Sources and Field Research -- chapter 18 Personal Documents, Oral Sources and Life Histories / by Robert G.Burgess -- chapter 19 Local History and Oral History / by Raphael Samuel -- chapter 20 The Study of Life History / by David G.Mandelbaum -- chapter 21 Anthropology and the Discipline of Historical Context / by E.P.Thompson -- part Section 6 Combining Strategies in Field Research -- chapter 22 Multiple Strategies in Field Research / by Robert G.Burgess -- chapter 23 Some Methodological Problems of Field Studies / by Morris Zelditch, Jr -- chapter 24 The Integration of Fieldwork and Survey Methods / by Sam D.Sieber -- part Section 7 Recording Field Data -- chapter 25 Keeping Field Notes / by Robert G.Burgess -- chapter 26 The Art of Note-Taking / by Beatrice Webb -- chapter 27 The Diary of an Anthropologist / by Bronislaw Malinowski -- part Section 8 Theorising in Field Research -- chapter 28 The Role of Theory in Field Research / by Robert G.Burgess -- chapter 29 The Role of Discoveries in Social Science / by W.Baldamus -- chapter 30 Generating Formal Theory / by Barney G.Glaser -- part Section 9 Analysing and Reporting Field Research -- chapter 31 Styles of Data Analysis: Approaches and Implications / by Robert G.Burgess -- chapter 32 Participant Observation: The Analysis of Qualitative Field Data / by Howard S.Becker and Blanche Geer -- chapter 33 The Analysis of Social Drama / by Victor Turner -- chapter 34 The British Assodation Scandal: The Effect of Publicity on a Sociological Investigation. |
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| Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
| Additional Physical Form available Note: | Also available in print format. |
| Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. [London, Eng. : Taylor and Francis, 2010]. PDF file created from digital scan of print book. |
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| Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by Taylor & Francis. |
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