Anthropological Theory: An Introductory HistoryA comprehensive and accessible survey of the history of theory in anthropology, this anthology of classic and contemporary readings contains in-depth commentary in introductions and notes to help guide students through excerpts of seminal anthropological works. The commentary provides the background information needed to understand each article, its central concepts, and its relationship to the social and historical context in which it was written. |
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... concubinage , morality and white prestige more generally were altered by new tensions within colonial cultures and by new challenges to imperial rule . Part II examines what I call the " cultural hy- giene " of colonialism . Focusing on ...
... concubinage , morality and white prestige more generally were altered by new tensions within colonial cultures and by new challenges to imperial rule . Part II examines what I call the " cultural hy- giene " of colonialism . Focusing on ...
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... concubinage in the early 20th century , such measures were only se- lectively enforced . It remained tacitly condoned and practiced long after ( Hyam 1986 ; Callaway 1987 : 49 ) . In Sumatra's plantation belt newly opened in the late ...
... concubinage in the early 20th century , such measures were only se- lectively enforced . It remained tacitly condoned and practiced long after ( Hyam 1986 ; Callaway 1987 : 49 ) . In Sumatra's plantation belt newly opened in the late ...
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... concubinage was favored because officials believed that allowing the immi- gration of European women would create a class of poor whites that would threaten European pres- tige . But earlier , in Java , concubinage itself was condemned ...
... concubinage was favored because officials believed that allowing the immi- gration of European women would create a class of poor whites that would threaten European pres- tige . But earlier , in Java , concubinage itself was condemned ...
Contents
Part | 5 |
CHARLES DARWIN AND ALFRED WALLACE On the Tendency of Species to Form Varieties | 11 |
Outlook 18451846 | 67 |
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