John Atkinson

This wonderful Handbook establishes the central, and complex place ethnography now occupies in the human disciplines. All future work will begin here. This Handbook will soon become required reading for all scholars and graduate students who wish to be knowledgeable in this complex field of inquiry. This is a stunning accomplishment. The field owes the editors and their contributors a major debt of thanks′ - Norman K Denzin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

A marvellous achievement! The Handbook has all the marks of a winner - compelling writing, comprehensive coverage and very useful discussions. This is a real benchmark for ethnography. It will set the background for debate and point to ne

CONTRIBUTORS′ AFFILIATIONS OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA:

Mike Ball Staffordshire University

Michael Bloor Cardiff University

Lodewijk Brunt University of Amsterdam

Martin Cortazzi University of Leicester

Robert Dingwall University of Nottingham

Nigel Fielding University of Surrey

Tuula Gordon University of Tampere

Dick Hobbs University of Durham

Janet Holland South Bank University

Allison James University of Hull

Elina Lahelma University of Helsinki

Sharon Macdonald University of Sheffield

Julie Marcus Charles Sturt University, Australia

Jim Mienczakowski Central Queensland University

Elizabeth Murphy University of Nottingham

Ken Plummer University of Essex

Paul Rock London School of Economics and Political Science

Beverley Skeggs Manchester University

Greg Smith University of Salford

Jonathan Spencer University of Edinburgh

Liz Stanley University of Manchester

Christopher Tilley University College, London

Joost van Loon Nottingham Trent University