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Anthropology in the city : methodology and theory /
With half of humanity already living in towns and cities and that proportion expected to increase in the coming decades, society - both Western and non-Western - is fast becoming urban and even mega-urban. As such, research in urban settings is evidently timely and of great importance. Anthropology...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
©2012.
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| Colección: | Urban anthropology series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | With half of humanity already living in towns and cities and that proportion expected to increase in the coming decades, society - both Western and non-Western - is fast becoming urban and even mega-urban. As such, research in urban settings is evidently timely and of great importance. Anthropology in the City brings together a leading team of anthropologists to address the complex methodological and theoretical challenges posed by field-research in urban settings, clearly identifying the significance of the anthropological paradigm in urban research and its centrality both to mainstream acade. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 231 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781409408345 1409408345 1409408337 9781409408338 9781280876868 1280876867 1317180402 9781317180401 1317180399 9781317180395 9786613718174 6613718173 |