Truth Be Told: Ethnographic Research
Ethnographic research, sometimes known as participant observation, is a technique used by sociologists to study people by getting actively involved in their lives.
Truth Be Told: Objectivity: Fact or Fiction
The question of whether or not objectivity is possible or even desirable in sociological research is often the subject of fierce debate.
Truth Be Told: Qualitative vs. Quantitative Research
There are two broad categories of research in the field of sociology: qualitative and quantitative. The researcher using qualitative techniques is present in the environment he or she is studying. This is not required wi..
Truth Be Told: Research Tools and Techniques
The tools and techniques of sociological research are wide-ranging. The choice about which to use is generally dictated by the topic being researched, as well as the preferences of the sociologist.
Turbulent Virginia: Pirate Base...Royal Colony: England Revises Approach to Colonization and Establishes Royal Colony of Virginia
England and its Virginia Company surrogate take steps to revise their approach to colonization yet again. They increase incentives for families willing to migrate, attempt to attract merchants rather than aristocrats, an..
Turbulent Virginia: Pirate Base...Royal Colony: France and the Netherlands Attempt to Establish Presence in North America
In the 16th century a pirate base established by the French on the Florida coast irritates the powerful Spanish. They quickly dispatch an expedition to seize control of the region and establish a fort at St. Augustine. T..
Turbulent Virginia: Pirate Base...Royal Colony: Indentured Servitude
The majority of colonists who immigrate to the Chesapeake in the 17th century pay for their passage by working as indentured servants for a specified number of years. Initially men outnumber women six to one, so willing ..
Turbulent Virginia: Pirate Base...Royal Colony: Lost Colony of Roanoke, The
Over 100 men, women, and children leave for Roanoke in 1587 to establish the family-centered colony Raleigh envisions. The commander of the expedition John White returns to England for more supplies and families. He plan..
Turbulent Virginia: Pirate Base...Royal Colony: Relationship between Early English Settlers and Native Americans
The people of Jamestown would not have survived at all without the assistance of Native Americans. They taught the settlers how to plant corn and give them gifts of food. The paradox of Jamestown, as Edmond Morgan descri..
Turbulent Virginia: Pirate Base...Royal Colony: Roanoke, the First English Colony
The English use the "black legend of Spanish conquest" as the moral justification for their incursions into the Western Hemisphere. Sir Walter Raleigh, supported by Queen Elizabeth, selects Roanoke as his base of operati..