Table of Contents

Introduction to the Transaction Edition, Robert A. Rubinstein, List of Illustrations and Photographs, Foreword, Preface, Introduction, Chapter One I followed your advice and didn't get us killed October 1934-May 1935, Chapter Two You have beaten me . . . in the argument of extensive vs. intensive studies November 1935-June 1936, Chapter Three If you want to write a book about a place, don't stay longer than three weeks January 1937-June 1937, Chapter Four For all my failure, I am getting some good insights into how things work December 1937-March 1938, Chapter Five Do you suppose that I shall be a padrino at 4 or 5 A.M. some morning, or what? October 1938-April 1939, Chapter Six I take it that neither of us can prove what we feel probably to have been true October 1940-May 1941, Related Bibliography of Robert Redfield and Sol Tax, Non-English Terms Used in the Correspondence, About the Book and Editor, Index

About the Author

Robert A. Rubinstein

Reviews

-Doing Fieldwork warrants our attention because its message, bolstered by the editor's new introduction, is that the 1930's heralded a paradigm shift in anthropology, and further that this shift in fact addressed the same contenious issues raised in today's so-called crisis of representation.- --Hispanic American Historical Review -A candid, detailed window into the fieldwork and analytical thinking of two of our most influential anthropologists. A gem for students of method and theory in ethnography.- --Susan C. M. Scrimshaw, University of Illinois at Chicago -This lively exchange of letters reveals how, by batting hunches and hypotheses back and forth, often agreeing, sometimes disagreeing, Redfield and Tax developed and sharpened theories (always grounded in ethnographic data) relating to such themes as worldview, race relations, caste vs. class, and acculturation. The book provides fascinating insights into the differences between the fieldwork experience in pre- and post-World War II years. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of social science.- --George M. Foster, University of California, Berkeley

"Doing Fieldwork warrants our attention because its message, bolstered by the editor's new introduction, is that the 1930's heralded a paradigm shift in anthropology, and further that this shift in fact addressed the same contenious issues raised in today's so-called crisis of representation." --Hispanic American Historical Review "A candid, detailed window into the fieldwork and analytical thinking of two of our most influential anthropologists. A gem for students of method and theory in ethnography." --Susan C. M. Scrimshaw, University of Illinois at Chicago "This lively exchange of letters reveals how, by batting hunches and hypotheses back and forth, often agreeing, sometimes disagreeing, Redfield and Tax developed and sharpened theories (always grounded in ethnographic data) relating to such themes as worldview, race relations, caste vs. class, and acculturation. The book provides fascinating insights into the differences between the fieldwork experience in pre- and post-World War II years. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of social science." --George M. Foster, University of California, Berkeley

"Doing Fieldwork warrants our attention because its message, bolstered by the editor's new introduction, is that the 1930's heralded a paradigm shift in anthropology, and further that this shift in fact addressed the same contenious issues raised in today's so-called crisis of representation." --Hispanic American Historical Review "A candid, detailed window into the fieldwork and analytical thinking of two of our most influential anthropologists. A gem for students of method and theory in ethnography." --Susan C. M. Scrimshaw, University of Illinois at Chicago "This lively exchange of letters reveals how, by batting hunches and hypotheses back and forth, often agreeing, sometimes disagreeing, Redfield and Tax developed and sharpened theories (always grounded in ethnographic data) relating to such themes as worldview, race relations, caste vs. class, and acculturation. The book provides fascinating insights into the differences between the fieldwork experience in pre- and post-World War II years. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of social science." --George M. Foster, University of California, Berkeley