Apprenticeship

Michael W. Coy is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at St. Mary's College of Maryland.

• IllustrationsIntroductionMichael CoyPart I: From Theory1. Japanese Folkcraft Pottery Apprenticeship: Cultural Patterns of an Educational InstitutionJohn Singleton2. Apprenticeship and Transmission of Knowledge in La Paz, BoliviaHans Buechler3. Informal Aspects of Apprenticeship in Selected American OccupationsBennie Graves4. The Railroad Apprenticeship and the 'Rules': Historic Roots and Contemporary PracticesFrederick Gamst5. The Process of Apprenticeship: Ritual Ordeal and the Adoption of a Cloak of CompetenceJack HaasPart II: To Method6. Being What We Pretend to Be: The Usefulness of Apprenticeship as a Field MethodMichael Coy7. Apprenticeship as Field Method: Lessons from Hong KongEugene Cooper8. To Weave or Not to Weave: Apprenticeship Rules among the Akwete Igbo of Nigeria and the Baule of the Ivory CoastLisa Aronson9. Hausa Weaving: Surviving Amid the ParadoxesLinda Deafenbaugh10. Secrets and Skills: Apprenticeship among Tukolor WeaversR.M. Dilley11. Apprentice ShamanJames Dow12. Japanese Temple Gardens and the Apprentice Training of PriestsNorris Brock Johnson13. Learning, Apprenticeship and the Division of LaborEsther N. GoodyNotesContributorsAuthor IndexSubject Index

"This is an innovative, exciting book. I know of no other in the anthropological literature which takes a methodology as its focus, explores the nuances of its application, and discusses the theoretical implications of that application. This is even more striking since the method in question, apprenticeship, is necessarily a qualitative and individual endeavor." — Charles M. Keller, University of Illinois "It opens up systematic research and analysis on a new and important topic within anthropology. Apprenticeship has a superficial literature in certain other fields (history, education), but in anthropology it has received only scattered attention until now. With this major volume, the new area will be established as a subfield for continuing and more sophisticated study. The book shows that interesting empirical studies can be done of specific apprenticeship systems." — John D. Herzog, Northeastern University