Naturalistic inquiry in theory and practice

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-125

  Athens, Lonnie ^a  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grounded theories; Herbert Blumer; Naturalistic studies; Qualitative methods; Robert Park

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649253748     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: 15525414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241609343663     Document Type: Article

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