Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iii
3. List of abbreviations iv
4. Authorship v
5. Acknowledgements vi
6. Finding and using the pioneers’ interviews vii
7. Introduction: the pioneers of social research study 1
8. Moments of discovery 9
9. Life stories: biography and creativity 21
10. Beginnings 33
11. Contexts: Empire, politics and culture 45
12. Old boundaries, new thoughts 73
13. Organising: creating research worlds 79
14. Old and new trends 101
15. Fighting or mixing: quantitative and qualitative research 111
16. Into the field 129
17. Fieldwork: making methods 135
18. On the margins 161
19. Social divisions: class, gender, ethnicity – and more 163
20. Reflections for the future 189
21. Conclusion: what can we learn? 199
22. Epilogue 203
23. Notes 209
24. Further reading 215
25. Biographical summaries 219
26. Index 233