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Book SynopsisA collection of essays that develop the extended case method by connecting the author's own experiences among workers of the world to the great transformations of the twentieth century - the rise and fall of the Soviet Union and its satellites, the reconstruction of US capitalism, and the African transition to post-colonialism in Zambia.
Trade Review"Rich and provocative... This book will be of interest for students and researchers." -- Carlo A. Cubero Anthropological Notebooks
Table of ContentsList of Tables Prologue: Bringing Theory to the Field Introduction: From Manchester to Berkeley by Way of Chicago 1. The Extended Case Method: Race and Class in Postcolonial Africa 2. The Ethnographic Revisit: Capitalism in Transition and Other Histories 3. Two Methods in Search of Revolution: Trotsky versus Skocpol 4. Multicase Ethnography: Tracking the Demise of State Socialism Conclusion: The Ethnography of Great Transformations Epilogue: On Public Ethnography Notes References
