The Use and Misuse of Social Science Research in Nepal

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Author: Campbell, J Gabriel; Ramesh Shrestha and Linda Stone signed from the library of George M Foster

Year: 1979

Publisher: Centre for Nepal and Asian Studies

Place: Kathmandu

Description:

iv+154 pages with tables and appendix. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2) bound in original wrappers. Preface by Dor Bahadur Bista. Signed by all the authors. From the library of George M Foster. First edition.

Social Science Research: A Brief Introduction to Information Gathering Methods by J Gabriel Campbell and Linda Stone; An Anthropological Appraisal of Survey Research by J Gabriel Campbell and Linda Stone; A Sociolinguistic Appraisal of Survey Questionnaires by Ramesh Shrestha; Epistemological Issues in Social Science Research Methods by J Gabriel Campbell and Linda Stone.

George McClelland Foster, Jr born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on October 9, 1913, died on May 18, 2006, at his home in the hills above the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, where he served as a professor from 1953 to his retirement in 1979, when he became professor emeritus. His contributions to anthropological theory and practice still challenge us; in more than 300 publications, his writings encompass a wide diversity of topics, including acculturation, long-term fieldwork, peasant economies, pottery making, public health, social structure, symbolic systems, technological change, theories of illness and wellness, humoral medicine in Latin America, and worldview. The quantity, quality, and long-term value of his scholarly work led to his election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1976. Virtually all of his major publications have been reprinted and/or translated. Provenance from the executor of Foster's library laid in.

Condition:

Lightly soiled, corners and spine head bumped. Foster's stamp to title. Signed by all the dinner party participants with a note to the bottom of the wrapper verso *After Linda Stone's memorable dinner party, 26 Oct 1979. A very good copy.

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