Book Cover; Title; Contents; Series Editor's Preface page; Preface; Introduction; From Coral Garden to City Street: Field Research 'Comes Home'; Starting Research and Gaining Access; Selection Strategies in Field Research; Methods of Field Research 1: Participant Observation; Methods of Field Research 2: Interviews as Conversations; Methods of Field Research 3: Using Personal Documents; Multiple Strategies in Field Research; Recording and Analysing Field Data; Ethical Problems, Ethical Principles and Field Research Practice; Evaluating Field Studies; References; Name index; Subject index;
Summary
An authoritative guide to the problems and procedures associated with data collection and analysis in field research
Notes
Originally published in 1984 by Unwin Hyman
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-245) and indexes