Table of Contents

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION AND EPISTEMOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Methodological Reflections - John H Stanfield II
An Introduction
Epistemological Considerations - John H Stanfield II
PART TWO: QUALITATIVE METHODS
Studying Across Differences - Margaret L Andersen
Race, Class, and Gender in Qualitative Research
Participant Observations - Rutledge M Dennis
Ethnography as Personal Experience - Elisa Facio
Analyzing Racism Through Discourse Analysis - Teun A van Dijk
Some Methodological Reflections
Urban Ethnography - Melvin D Williams
Another Look
PART THREE: QUANTITATIVE METHODS
Demography and Race - Carole C Marks
Measuring and Detecting Discrimination in the Post-Civil Rights Era - Samuel L Myers Jr
Psychoeducational Assessment of Gifted and Talented African Americans - James M Patton
Survey Research on African Americans - A Wade Smith
Methodological Innovations
PART FOUR: HISTORICAL/COMPARATIVE METHODS
Toward a Multidimensional Historical Comparative Methodology - Duane Champagne
Context, Process, and Causality
The Comparative Study of Ethnicity - Charles C Ragin and Jeremy Hein
Methodological and Conceptual Issues
In the Archives - John H Stanfield II