Oscar Lewis in Cuba: La Partida Final by Rigdon, Susan M.

Oscar Lewis in Cuba: La Partida Final

American anthropologist Oscar Lewis secured permission from Fidel Castro to undertake three years of field research on...
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Author: Susan M. Rigdon
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Oscar Lewis in Cuba: La Partida Final by Rigdon, Susan M.

Oscar Lewis in Cuba: La Partida Final

Dhs. 461.45

Oscar Lewis in Cuba: La Partida Final

Dhs. 461.45
Author: Susan M. Rigdon
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
American anthropologist Oscar Lewis secured permission from Fidel Castro to undertake three years of field research on cultural and economic change in Cuba in the decade after the victory of Castro's M-26 Movement. This book delves into Lewis' research goals, methods, the training and composition of his field team, and the difficulties of executing the plan in the political climate in Cuba at the time. The government's reasons for early termination of the research agreement are enumerated and their many discrepancies and inconsistencies evaluated. The experience of Project Cuba offers lessons on the difficulties of doing social science research in any highly surveilled, politically controlled environment however sympathetic the principal investigator.

Author: Susan M. Rigdon
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 08/01/2024
Pages: 166
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d
ISBN: 9781805396079

About the Author

Susan M. Rigdon is a Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is the author of The Culture Facade: Art, Science and Politics in the Work of Oscar Lewis (University of Illinois Press, 1988) and for 20 years co-authored the award winning textbook American Government (West, 1986).


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