Using documents in social research

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This comprehensive, yet concise, introduction to the use of documents as tools within social science research argues that documents stand in a dual-relation to human activity. Therefore by transmitting ideas and influencing the course and nature of human activity they are integral to the research process.

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Full title :Using documents in social research / Lindsay Prior.

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Publication Date:2003.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):SAGE Publications
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2003.

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Description:1 online resource

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ISBN:9780761957461, 0761957464, 9780857020222, 0857020226, 1446234630, 9781446234631, 1847876676, 9781847876676, 0761957472, 9780761957478
oclc:ocn889237849
LC Classification:HM571
Dewey Decimal:300.7/2

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; 1 -- Basic Themes: Use, Production and Content; 2 -- Producing Facts; 3 -- Documents in Action I. Documents in Organizational Settings; 4 -- Documents in Action II. Making things visible; 5 -- Texts, Authors, Identities; 6 -- Content, Meaning and Reference; 7 -- Doing Things with Words; 8 -- Documents as Evidence. Researching the Inert Text; 9 -- Production, Consumption and Exchange; Bibliography; Index