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Using narrative archival data : studying food and families in hard times / Abigail Knight.

By: Material type: TextSeries: SAGE research methods. CasesPublisher: London : SAGE Publications, 2014Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781473945876 (ebook) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 394.12072 23
LOC classification:
  • GT2850
Online resources: This case study is about using narrative archival sources in the social sciences, a research method which is distinct from using archival data that are statistical in nature, such as birth cohort data or archived qualitative data that have already been subject to primary analysis. It is concerned with using archival sources as central to the social scientific research process and describes a study which is using narrative archival data, namely, diary narratives collected by contributors to mass observation, to study food and families in hard times.
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This case study is about using narrative archival sources in the social sciences, a research method which is distinct from using archival data that are statistical in nature, such as birth cohort data or archived qualitative data that have already been subject to primary analysis. It is concerned with using archival sources as central to the social scientific research process and describes a study which is using narrative archival data, namely, diary narratives collected by contributors to mass observation, to study food and families in hard times.

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