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R. Clark (1973)
ON THE BLOCK: AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF AUCTIONS
E. Webb, D. Campbell, R. Schwartz, L. Sechrest (1966)
Unobtrusive Measures: Nonreactive Research in the Social Sciences
ROBERT E CLARK is Associate Professor of at Midwestern State Sociology he is on research with trends University Presently collaborating dealing in urban Indian crime and an on the travels of aliens m ethnography illegal Texas LARRY J. HALFORD IS Assistant Professor of at Washburn Sociology of His mterests are race relations and collec- University Topeka major He in tive behavior. has had articles The Pacific published Sociological Review Some Observations Preliminary on "Deals" at Auctions ROBERT E. CLARK L A R R Y J. H A L F O R D PURCHASES are made each in MILLIONS OF day Most take in the American society. place dyadic relationship between seller and familiar to all and most consumers, buyer, occur at the of business of the be it seller, place supermarket, or store. The of what is station, jewelry price purchased gas is not it is fixed and usually negotiable; rather, explicit. not all between and seller occur However, exchanges buyer within the dyadic, seller-place-of-business, fixed-price setting. a read AUTHORS’ NOTE. This is a revised version of at the South- paper western Association Dallas, Texas, 1974. The Sociological Meetings, to readers for us with authors are one of UL’s
Urban Life – SAGE
Published: Oct 1, 1978
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