Editorials: The Field Investigator’s Problems

Abstract

In this issue the editors present a series of articles which, in a number of ways, point up the problems that confront the field investigator. Against the backdrop of Jamaica, Puerto Rico, West Africa, Talladega, Alabama, “Springdale,” New York, and a factory in New York, our authors consider methods of conducting field studies and the various ways the people studied manifest their intractability.