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This article reports on a continuing effort, initiated in late 1977, to understand the experience of Vietnamese fisherfolk who settled in communities on the Gulf Coast, primarily in West Florida, in particular with regard to their relationship to established local fishing interests. 2 2 The information presented here was primarily acquired through observation, participant observation and structured and unstructured interviews with refugees, American fishermen, fish house owners, voluntary agency staff, Sea Grant Advisors, Florida Marine Patrolmen, and other members of the communities involved.

Many sociologists have hypothesized that persons who possess inconsistent or conflicting attributes will tend to experience stress and manifest certain psychological characteristics which are markedly different from those who possess ordinary combinations of attributes. This problem has been regarded from three theoretical perspectives, the "theories" of the marginal man, role conflict, and status inconsistency. After examining the ways in which each perspective has been employed, this paper discusses several points of convergence and specifies implicit assumptions each makes about the nature of the interaction involved. Some conclusions are offered which indicate the usefulness of a reductionist approach in the formulation of sociological theory and in the conduct of research.

This study reports selected respondents' views of the norms and patterns generally present in the contemporary societies of Lebanon and the U.S.A. Employing an instrument initially developed by Miller in the comparison of Ibero-Latin-American societies with those of the Anglo-American culture complex, it is possible to compare judgments of Lebanon and the U.S.A. on a number of characteristics, to consider indications of recent changes in American society, and to observe several interesting similarities between Lebanon and other societies which share in the tradition of the circum Mediterranean culture area.