Human memory, soocial process, and the pragmatist metamorphosis: Ethnological foundations, ethnographic contributions, and conceptual challenges

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 378-437

  Prus, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethnography; History; Memory; Pragmatism; Process

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548416738     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: 15525414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241606299029     Document Type: Article

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