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V Gordon Childe is probably one of the most widely read early archaeologist of the 20th century and one of the world's most renowned prehistorians. This book brings together a collection of Childe's writings. It is suitable for archaeologists, anthropologists and historians of social archeology.

In part due to the recent Yanomami controversy, which has rocked anthropology to its very core, there is renewed interest in the discipline's history and intellectual roots, especially amongst anthropologists themselves. The cutting edge of anthropological research today is a product of earlier questions and answers, previous ambitions, preoccupations and adventures, stretching back one hundred years or more. This book is the first comprehensi...

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This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the social history of anthropology in the United States, examining the circumstances that gave rise to the discipline and illuminating the role of anthropology in the modern world.

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the social history of anthropology in the United States, examining the circumstances that gave rise to the discipline and illuminating the role of anthropology in the modern world.

This book assesses how major social theorists explained processes of change set in motion by the rise of capitalism. It situates them in the milieu in which they wrote. They were never neutral observers standing outside the conditions they were trying to explain. Their arguments were responses to those circumstances and to the views of other commentators, living and dead. Some repeated earlier views, others elaborated subtle differences, and a...

This book assesses how major social theorists explained processes of change set in motion by the rise of capitalism. It situates them in the milieu in which they wrote. They were never neutral observers standing outside the conditions they were trying to explain. Their arguments were responses to those circumstances and to the views of other commentators, living and dead. Some repeated earlier views, others elaborated subtle differences, and a...

This book offers a most readable synthesis of archaeological and historical evidence about the formation and development of the Inca state and its disintegration under the impact of the devastating civil war which accompanied the arrival of the Spaniards in the 1530s.

In part due to the recent Yanomami controversy, which has rocked anthropology to its very core, there is renewed interest in the discipline's history and intellectual roots, especially amongst anthropologists themselves. The cutting edge of anthropological research today is a product of earlier questions and answers, previous ambitions, preoccupations and adventures, stretching back one hundred years or more. This book is the first comprehensi...

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The last of the Andean civilizations, Inca society was the product of complex historical and social processes of class and state formation. This study examines the contradictions, tensions and conflicts these processes engendered and explores the involvement of Europeans in Andean life after the 1530s as it resulted in new forms of exploitation.

After being widely rejected in the late 20th century the work of Karl Marx is now being reassessed by many theorists and activists. Karl Marx, Anthropologist explores how this most influential of modern thinkers is still highly relevant for Anthropology today.

Thomas C. Patterson's large-scale history of the Inland Empire of Southern California traces changes in this region from the first Native American settlement 12, 000 years ago through the present using a political economic framework.

Thomas C. Patterson's large-scale history of the Inland Empire of Southern California traces changes in this region from the first Native American settlement 12, 000 years ago through the present using a political economic framework.

After being widely rejected in the late 20th century the work of Karl Marx is now being reassessed by many theorists and activists. "Karl Marx, Anthropologist" explores how this most influential of modern thinkers is still highly relevant for Anthropology today. Marx was profoundly influenced by critical Enlightenment thought. He believed that humans were social individuals that simultaneously satisfied and forged their needs in the contexts o...

Kenny Wright ha un'identità segreta. Nella sua mente è "Stainlezz Steel", super potente difensore dei deboli. In realtà Kenny va alle medie ed è un appassionato di scacchi soprannominato da tutti "cocco di nonna", un'etichetta che ne fa un facile bersaglio per i bulli. Kenny vorrebbe portare un po' più di superpoteri nella realtà che lo circonda, ma riuscirà a riconoscere la propria forza prima che le pressioni sociali lo portino a fare la sce...