Telling Stories: The Use of Personal Narratives in the Social Sciences and History 9780801457791, 0801457793

Telling Stories: The Use of Personal Narratives in the Social Sciences and History 9780801459030

In Telling Stories, Mary Jo Maynes, Jennifer L. Pierce, and Barbara Laslett argue that personal narratives—autobiographi

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The Use of Models in the Social Sciences 9781136444890

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Telling Stories: Witchcraft and Scapegoating in Chinese History 9004148442, 9789004148444

This book analyzes the role of oral stories in Chinese witch-hunts. Successive chapters deal with the implications of Ch

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Marina Warner and the Ethics of Telling Silenced Stories 9780228005063

A wide-ranging study of the influential writer Marina Warner and the ways she negotiates the dangers of appropriating vo

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Telling Stories Out of Court: Narratives about Women and Workplace Discrimination 9781501724459

"Few of the countless real-life stories of workplace discrimination suffered by men and women every day are ever to

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The Power of Podcasting: Telling Stories Through Sound 9780231557603

Siobhán McHugh dissects what makes a good podcast and outlines how you can create one yourself. She blends practical ins

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The Gambler's Daughter: A Personal and Social History 1438444400, 9781438444406

Screening calls from her father's creditors, hiding his mail from her mother—being the child of a compulsive gamble

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Rationality and the Social Sciences (RLE Social Theory): Contributions to the Philosophy and Methodology of the Social Sciences 1317651278, 9781317651277

The concepts of rationality that are used by social scientists in the formation of hypotheses, models and explanations a

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Speaking Data and Telling Stories 9781138486843

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Narrative Knowing and the Human Sciences (Suny Series in Philosophy of the Social Sciences) 0887066224, 9780887066221

This book expands the concept of the nature of science and provides a practical research alternative for those who work

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