People Studying People: The Human Element in Fieldwork

by Michael O. Jones, Robert A. Georges, Michael O. Jones

Book Overview

The authors of this book demonstrate that fieldwork is first and foremost a human pursuit. They draw upon published and unpublished accounts of fieldworkers' personal experiences to develop the thesis that an appreciation of fieldwork as a unique mode of inquiry depends upon an understanding of the role the human element plays in it. They analyze the processes involved when people study people firsthand, focusing upon the recurrent human problems...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520040678
• ISBN13: 9780520040670
• Release Date: March 1980
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.4"