Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-239) and index.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Preface: the golden journey; Caveat: Do you really want to do qualitative research?; Acknowledgements; For lust of knowing: introduction to the scope and purpose of the book; Tales, marvellous tales: recognizing good fieldwork and reading wisely; Beyond that last blue mountain: impediments to good fieldwork and how to overcome them; Manuscripts in peacock styles: writing diaries, data and texts; Gnawing the nail of hurry: choosing the topic, setting and problem; Sweet to ride forth: gaining access and recording the process.
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Beauty and bright faith: early days in the field and how to record themSpikenard, mastic and terebinth: varieties of data collected and recorded; Seek not excess: maintaining relationships in the field; Leaving the dim-moon city of delight: terminating your fieldwork; Beauty lives though lilies die: analysing and theorizing; For glory or for gain: producing the thesis or book; Always a little further: the conclusions; Bibliography; Index.
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This new edition brings original, best-selling text right up-to-date for new researchers and includes a new chapter on computer software for data handling.