First published 2000
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Constructing the field: ethnographic fieldwork in the contemporary
world/edited by Vered Amit.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Ethnology-Fieldwork. I. Amit, Vered, 1955-
GN346.C64 1999
305.8′007′23-dc2l 99-24309
CIP

ISBN 0-415-19829-1 (hbk)

ISBN 0-415-19830-5 (pbk)

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