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Autore |
Wolf Eric R. <1923-1999.> |
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Titolo |
Pathways of power [[electronic resource] ] : building an anthropology of the modern world / / Eric R. Wolf with Sydel Silverman ; foreword by Aram A. Yengoyan |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2001 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-75883-7 |
9786612758836 |
1-59734-797-3 |
0-520-92487-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (487 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Ethnology - Philosophy |
Ethnology - Comparative method |
Political anthropology |
Power (Social sciences) |
Group identity |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-445) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword: Culture and Power in the Writings of Eric R. Wolf -- Preface -- Introduction: An Intellectual Autobiography -- Part I. Anthropology -- Part II. Connections -- Part III. Peasants -- Part IV. Concepts -- References -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This collection of twenty-eight essays by renowned anthropologist Eric R. Wolf is a legacy of some of his most original work, with an insightful foreword by Aram Yengoyan. Of the essays, six have never been published and two have not appeared in English until now. Shortly before his death, Wolf prepared introductions to each section and individual pieces, as well as an intellectual autobiography that introduces the collection as a whole. Sydel Silverman, who completed the editing of the book, says in her preface, "He wanted this selection of his writings over the past half-century to serve as part of the history |
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