Pioneering Social Research: Life Stories of a Generation

Paul Thompson is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex. He is Founder-Editor of Oral History and Founder of National Life Stories at the British Library. He is a pioneer of oral history in Europe and author of the international classic The Voice of the Past (4th edition 2017). His other books include The Edwardians and Living the Fishing. He is co-author of Growing Up in Stepfamilies, of The Myths We Live By (with Raphael Samuel), and (with Daniel Bertaux) Pathways to Social Class. Ken Plummer is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex. He has researched and written widely on sexuality, especially lesbian, gay and queer studies. His methodological concerns are with the development of narrative, life story, symbolic interactionism and the post-modern turn. Neli Demireva is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Essex. Her research interests include migration, inter-ethnic ties, social cohesion, ethnic penalties and multiculturalism. She uses a variety of methods in her research, both quantitative and qualitative, and believes strongly in mixing methods to uncover the 'deep stories' of sociology.

Title: Pioneering Social Research: Life Stories of a Generation

Author: Demireva, Neli,Plummer, Ken,Thompson, Paul

ISBN: 9781447333579

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Publisher: Bristol University Press

Publication Date: 2022-04-14

Number of Pages: 254

Weight: 0.3584 kg