The Fieldworker and the Field : Problems and Challenges in Sociological Investigation

New Delhi ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Second edition. Paperback. Fine with very faintest of edge wear to wrapper corners; as new. Please see photos.. Octavo in chiefly pale yellow pictorial wraps; xvii, 288 pages ; 23 cm; bibliographical references and index. Contents: The fieldworker and the field : a village in Karnataka /; M.N. Srinivas --; Studying the present and the past : a village in Gujarat /; A.M. Shah --; Experiences of an encapsulated observer : a village in Rajasthan /; Anand Chakravarti --; On tracks and tracts in my fieldwork : rural Kerala /; K. Raman Unni --; Fieldwork experience : relived and reconsidered : rural Uttar Pradesh /; P.C. Joshi --; Travails of a woman fieldworker : a small town in Uttar Pradesh /; Khadija A. Gupta --; A woman's encounter with Arya Samaj and untouchables : a slum in Jullundur /; Veen Dua --; The bottom view up : some cognitive categories : slums in Madras /; Beba D. Varadachar --; Objective appreciation through subjective involvement : a slum in Kanpur /; Maren Bellwinkel --; Making my way through caste images : untouchables in Poona /; Sunanda Patwardhan --; Trial and error in a new field : a factory in Gujarat /; N.R. Sheth --; Being where the action was : trade unions in Coimbatore /; E.A. Ramaswamy --; Walking on the edge of factionalism : an industrial co-operative in rural Maharashtra /; B.S. Baviskar --; Varied roles in the field : a hospital in Delhi /; Aneeta A. Minocha --; An apprenticeship marked by frustrations : college students in Mysore /; Chitra Sivakumar --; Selecting a 'representative' village: a village in Japan /; S. Seshaiah --; The anthropologist-informant relationship : the Navajo and Zuni in America and the Tharu in India /; Triloki Nath Pandey --; Problems of entry : Sri Lanka, Zambia, and Australia /; R. Jayaraman. / Sociology -- Methodology. Social sciences -- Fieldwork. Social sciences -- Fieldwork -- India. Social sciences -- Methodology. Social sciences -- Research -- India -- Case studies. Sociology -- Fieldwork -- India. Sciences sociales -- Méthodologie. Sciences sociales -- Recherche -- Inde -- Études de cas. Sciences sociales -- Recherche sur le terrain -- Cas, Études de. Sociologie -- Recherche sur le terrain -- Inde. Sciences sociales -- Recherche sur le terrain. Sciences sociales -- Recherche sur le terrain -- Inde. Sociology -- Fieldwork. Social sciences -- Research. Social sciences -- Methodology. Social sciences -- Fieldwork. Sociology -- Methodology. Feldforschung Soziologie. Case studies. Aufsatzsammlung. India. Indien.