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| The Fieldworker and the Field: Problems and Challenges in Sociological Investigation | 
 enlarge | Creators: M. N. Srinivas, A. M. Shah, E. A. Ramaswamy
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Category: Book
List Price: $49.95
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Sales Rank: 3057091
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 308
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0195658884
Dewey Decimal Number: 301.072054
EAN: 9780195658880
ASIN: 0195658884
Publication Date: November 21, 2002
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This is a paperback of a 1979 hardback which broke new ground in social investigation. There have, since, been other books on the experience of fieldwork, but this remains a much cited work. The eighteen essays in the volume describe the experiences of field research mainly in rural and urban India, and in complex organizations such as a hospital, a factory and a trade union. There are also accounts of work in Japan, Sri Lanka and New Mexico. This is an informative and helpful guide to those about to embark on their own field research.
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sadly, the book is not outdated July 7, 2006
Keep in mind that despite the 2002 date on the book, it is a reprint of a 1979 text, and the fieldwork dates from the 70s. Most of it was done in India. Both in the rural and urban areas. And it was done by Indians. So this is not a compilation of studies done by foreign sociologists (often Western) studying another society. The fieldworkers appear for the most part to be from the same society.
In the urban areas, the studies focus on the slums, which were (and are) vast. In this year 2006, and sadly, much of the book's material is not outdated. Despite what you might hear of offshoring to India, and its new IT class, many Indians still endure deep privations, in urban and rural regions.
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