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Participant Observer: an Autobiography (ILR Press Books) - Softcover

Whyte, William Foote

 
9780875463254: Participant Observer: an Autobiography (ILR Press Books)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0875463258 ISBN 13: 9780875463254
Publisher: Cornell University Press, 1994

Synopsis

"A perfectly titled, beautifully detailed, candid, thoughtful, and thought-evoking autobiography by the consummate participant observer. A powerful testament to an important research style in sociology and ethnography."--Robert K. Merton, Columbia University

While it documents a remarkable career, Participant Observer is also a personal chronicle in which William Foote Whyte reflects on his childhood, his education, his courageous struggles with polio and with the crises of family and academic life.

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Synopsis

An intellectual autobiography of the great social scientist (who describes himself as a "behavioral scientist, concentrating on the study of organizations") best known for his 1943 book, Street Corner Society , the first of 21 books he authored, co-authored, or edited (the most recent being the 1991 Social Theory for Action: How Individuals and org

About the Author

William Foote Whyte is an emeritus professor in the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University.

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Publisher
Cornell University Press
Publication date
1994
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0875463258
ISBN 13 
9780875463254
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
346