| | Preface / H. Russell Bernard | 7 |
| | 1 | Introduction: On Method and Methods in Anthropology / H. Russell Bernard | 9 |
| Pt. I | Perspectives | |
| | 2 | Epistemology: The Nature and Validation of Anthropological Knowledge / Thomas Schweizer | 39 |
| | 3 | In Search of Meaningful Methods / James Fernandez, Michael Herzfeld | 89 |
| | 4 | Research Design and Research Strategies / Jeffrey C. Johnson | 131 |
| | 5 | Ethics / Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban | 173 |
| | 6 | Feminist Methods / Christine Ward Gailey | 203 |
| | 7 | Transnational Research / Ulf Hannerz | 235 |
| Pt. II | Acquiring Information | |
| | 8 | Participant Observation / Kathleen M. Dewalt, Billie R. Dewalt, Coral B. Wayland | 259 |
| | 9 | Direct Systematic Observation of Behavior / Allen Johnson, Ross Sackett | 301 |
| | 10 | Person-Centered Interviewing and Observation / Robert I. Levy, Douglas W. Hollan | 333 |
| | 11 | Structured Interviewing and Questionnaire Construction / Susan C. Weller | 365 |
| | 12 | Discourse-Centered Methods / Brenda Farnell, Laura R. Graham | 411 |
| | 13 | From Pictorializing to Visual Anthropology / Fadwa El Guindi | 459 |
| | 14 | Fieldwork in the Archives: Methods and Sources in Historical Anthropology / Caroline B. Brettell | 513 |
| Pt. III | Interpreting Information | |
| | 15 | Reasoning with Numbers / W. Penn Handwerker, Stephen P. Borgatti | 549 |
| | 16 | Text Analysis: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods / H. Russell Bernard, Gery W. Ryan | 595 |
| | 17 | Cross-Cultural Research / Carol R. Ember, Melvin Ember | 647 |
| Pt. IV | Applying and Presenting Anthropology | |
| | 18 | Methods in Applied Anthropology / Robert T. Trotter II, Jean J. Schensul | 691 |
| | 19 | Presenting Anthropology to Diverse Audiences / Conrad Phillip Kottak | 737 |
| | About the Authors | 763 |
| | Author Index | 775 |
| | Subject Index | 795 |