Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of abbreviations
- Authorship
- Acknowledgements
- Finding and using the pioneers’ interviews
- Chapter 1 Introduction: the pioneers of social research study
- Voices 1 Moments of discovery
- Chapter 2 Life stories: biography and creativity
- Voices 2 Beginnings
- Chapter 3 Contexts: Empire, politics and culture
- Voices 3 Old boundaries, new thoughts
- Chapter 4 Organising: creating research worlds
- Voices 4 Old and new trends
- Chapter 5 Fighting or mixing: quantitative and qualitative research
- Voices 5 Into the field
- Chapter 6 Fieldwork: making methods
- Voices 6 On the margins
- Chapter 7 Social divisions: class, gender, ethnicity and more
- Voices 7 Reflections for the future
- Chapter 8 Conclusion: what can we learn?
- Chapter 9 Epilogue
- Notes
- Further reading
- Biographical summaries
- Index
List of abbreviations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 December 2021
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of abbreviations
- Authorship
- Acknowledgements
- Finding and using the pioneers’ interviews
- Chapter 1 Introduction: the pioneers of social research study
- Voices 1 Moments of discovery
- Chapter 2 Life stories: biography and creativity
- Voices 2 Beginnings
- Chapter 3 Contexts: Empire, politics and culture
- Voices 3 Old boundaries, new thoughts
- Chapter 4 Organising: creating research worlds
- Voices 4 Old and new trends
- Chapter 5 Fighting or mixing: quantitative and qualitative research
- Voices 5 Into the field
- Chapter 6 Fieldwork: making methods
- Voices 6 On the margins
- Chapter 7 Social divisions: class, gender, ethnicity and more
- Voices 7 Reflections for the future
- Chapter 8 Conclusion: what can we learn?
- Chapter 9 Epilogue
- Notes
- Further reading
- Biographical summaries
- Index
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- Pioneering Social ResearchLife Stories of a Generation, pp. ivPublisher: Bristol University PressPrint publication year: 2021