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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Journeys through ethnography. Boulder, Colo : Westview Press, 1996 (OCoLC)607853430 Online version: Journeys through ethnography. Boulder, Colo : Westview Press, 1996 (OCoLC)609322143 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Annette Lareau; Jeffrey J Shultz |
| ISBN: | 0813326370 9780813326375 0813326389 9780813326382 |
| OCLC Number: | 34576777 |
| Description: | xi, 260 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | On the evolution of "Street corner society" / William F. Whyte -- Choosing a host / Alma Gottlieb and Philip Graham -- On the making of "Ain't no makin' it" / Jay MacLeod -- Reflections on a tale told twice / Janet Theophano and Karen Curtis -- Beyond subjectivity / Susan Krieger -- Common problems in field work : a personal essay / Annette Lareau. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Annette Lareau and Jeffrey Shultz. |
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Abstract:
"Learning how to carry out research projects using participant observation and in-depth interviews has become a priority for scholars in a wide range of fields, including anthropology, sociology, education, social work, nursing, and psychology. This book, a collection of well-known fieldwork accounts covering the qualitative research process, aims to help undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars in the social sciences understand common problems in the research process and learn strategies for resolving them." "Unlike methods books that treat research issue in a superficial or prescriptive fashion, this book realistically portrays, through researchers' own accounts, the process of discovery and resolution of conflicts involved in fieldwork. It also shows the costs involved in the choice of solutions. Students and seasoned scholars alike will find the collection a source of knowledge, inspiration, and comfort concerning the complexity of conducting fieldwork."--BOOK JACKET.
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