RESEARCH METHODS IN ANTHROPOLOGY 5ED: Qualitative And Quantitative Approaches - Softcover

Bernard University Of Florida, H. Russell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0759112428 ISBN 13: 9780759112421

Publisher: AltaMira Press, 2011

Synopsis

Research Methods in Anthropology is the standard textbook for methods classes in anthropology. Written in Russ BernardOs unmistakable conversational style, his guide has launched tens of thousands of students into the fieldwork enterprise with a combination of rigorous methodology, wry humor, and commonsense advice. Whether you are coming from a scientific, interpretive, or applied anthropological tradition, you will learn field methods from the best guide in both qualitative and quantitative methods.

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About the Author

H. Russell Bernard is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Florida and Director of the Institute for Social Science Research at Arizona State University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois (1968) and has taught or done research at universities in the United States, Mexico, Greece, Japan, and Germany. Bernard's areas of research include technology and social change, language death, and social network analysis. Bernard has participated in summer courses, sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation, on research methods and research design. He is former editor of Human Organization and the American Anthropologist and is the current editor of Field Methods. His books include this text on Research Methods in Anthropology, as well as Social Research Methods (2d edition, Sage Publications 2012), Analyzing Qualitative Data: Systematic Approaches, with Gery Ryan and Amber Wutich (2d edition, Sage Publications 2016), and Native Ethnography, with Jesús Salinas Pedraza (Sage Publications 1989). Bernard was the 2003 recipient of the Franz Boas Award from the American Anthropological Association and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. current c.v. at: http://nersp.osg.ufl.edu/~ufruss/cv.htm

Edition details

• Publisher: AltaMira Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0759112428
• ISBN 13: 9780759112421
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 680