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The use of archival sources in social research
pp. 113-130
Abstract
The tablet cited here is a tombstone and the quotation is from Durand's [1960] study of life expectancy in ancient Rome and its provinces. Tombstones are but one of a plethora of archives available for the adventurous researcher, and all social scientists should now and then give thanks to those literate record-keeping societies which systematically provide so much material appropriate to novel analysis.
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Bulmer Martin (1984) Sociological research methods: an introduction. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.
Pages: 113-130
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-17619-9_7
Full citation:
Webb E. J., Campbell D. T., Schwarz R. D., Sechrest L. (1984) „The use of archival sources in social research“, In: M. Bulmer (ed.), Sociological research methods, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 113–130.