Kenneth Little

1.8k total citations
72 papers, 940 citations indexed

About

Kenneth Little is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Urban Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth Little has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 940 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 9 papers in Anthropology and 7 papers in Urban Studies. Recurrent topics in Kenneth Little's work include African history and culture studies (6 papers), Urban and Rural Development Challenges (6 papers) and Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (5 papers). Kenneth Little is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture studies (6 papers), Urban and Rural Development Challenges (6 papers) and Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (5 papers). Kenneth Little collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Kenneth Little's co-authors include Janine Hunter, David E. Apter, John Peterson, Claude Meillassoux, William O. Brown, Michael M. Horowitz, Leonard Plotnicov, Edward M. Bruner, Bennetta Jules‐Rosette and Daniel F. McCall and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and Social Forces.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth Little

62 papers receiving 581 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kenneth Little Canada 17 450 250 114 96 91 72 940
Aidan Southall United States 17 490 1.1× 360 1.4× 320 2.8× 106 1.1× 95 1.0× 57 1.1k
Raymond Τ. Smith United States 15 425 0.9× 248 1.0× 70 0.6× 118 1.2× 36 0.4× 29 812
Peter C. W. Gutkind Canada 18 566 1.3× 343 1.4× 215 1.9× 47 0.5× 199 2.2× 101 1.2k
Hortense Powdermaker United States 10 490 1.1× 242 1.0× 103 0.9× 34 0.4× 46 0.5× 25 958
Leroy Vail Zambia 16 591 1.3× 563 2.3× 155 1.4× 58 0.6× 48 0.5× 32 1.1k
Julián Pitt-Rivers United States 17 514 1.1× 207 0.8× 211 1.9× 94 1.0× 36 0.4× 51 1.1k
Joan Vincent United States 14 529 1.2× 431 1.7× 256 2.2× 74 0.8× 41 0.5× 41 1.2k
Richard Rathbone United Kingdom 20 650 1.4× 515 2.1× 197 1.7× 74 0.8× 54 0.6× 78 1.2k
Misty L. Bastian United States 14 537 1.2× 310 1.2× 155 1.4× 77 0.8× 57 0.6× 41 1.0k
Audrey I. Richards United Kingdom 13 281 0.6× 245 1.0× 99 0.9× 40 0.4× 28 0.3× 36 744

Countries citing papers authored by Kenneth Little

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kenneth Little

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kenneth Little

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Little, Kenneth. (2021). Clown Performance in the European One-Ring Circus. Érudit (Université de Montréal). 1(2). 67–72.
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Little, Kenneth. (2020). On the Nervous Edge of an Impossible Paradise. Berghahn Books.
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Little, Kenneth. (2013). Urbanization as a Social Process. 5 indexed citations
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Little, Kenneth. (2013). Mr. Richie and the tourists. Emotion, space and society. 12. 92–100.
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Little, Kenneth. (1996). Cannibal Culture: Art, Appropriation, and the Commodification of Difference. Deborah Root. Boulder. American Anthropologist. 98(4). 920–921. 2 indexed citations
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Little, Kenneth. (1994). The Tourist Gaze: Leisure and Travel in Contemporary Societies. JOHN URRY. American Ethnologist. 21(4). 940–941. 5 indexed citations
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Little, Kenneth, et al.. (1975). African Women in Towns: An Aspect of Africa's Social Revolution. ASA Review of Books. 1. 14–14.
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Little, Kenneth, et al.. (1974). Urbanization, migration, and the African family. Addison-Wesley eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Little, Kenneth, et al.. (1973). The development of state education. Open University Press eBooks.
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Little, Kenneth. (1972). Voluntary Associations and Social Mobility among West African Women. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 6(2). 275–275. 9 indexed citations
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Little, Kenneth. (1971). Some aspects of African urbanization south of the Sahara. Addison-Wesley eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Little, Kenneth. (1966). Political Function of the Poro. Part Two. Africa. 36(1). 62–72. 2 indexed citations
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Hunter, Janine & Kenneth Little. (1966). West African Urbanization: A Study of Voluntary Associations in Social Change. Geographical Journal. 132(2). 293–293. 99 indexed citations
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Little, Kenneth. (1965). Social anthropology in modern life. 2 indexed citations
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Little, Kenneth. (1965). The Political Function of the Poro. Part I. Africa. 35(4). 349–365. 33 indexed citations
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Little, Kenneth. (1959). The organization of voluntary associations in West-Africa. Civilisations. 9(3). 283–300. 5 indexed citations
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Little, Kenneth. (1957). African Culture and Western Intrusion. Journal of world history. 3(4). 1 indexed citations
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Little, Kenneth, et al.. (1956). Colonial students : a study of the social adaptation of colonial students in London. 9 indexed citations
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Little, Kenneth. (1953). 28. The Study of 'Social Change' in West Africa. Man. 53. 21–21. 1 indexed citations

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