Islands of History

Islands of History
Author :
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 202
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780226162157
ISBN-13 : 022616215X
Rating : 4/5 (15X Downloads)

Book Synopsis Islands of History by : Marshall Sahlins

Download or read book Islands of History written by Marshall Sahlins and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-03-06 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marshall Sahlins centers these essays on islands—Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand—whose histories have intersected with European history. But he is also concerned with the insular thinking in Western scholarship that creates false dichotomies between past and present, between structure and event, between the individual and society. Sahlins's provocative reflections form a powerful critique of Western history and anthropology.


Islands of History Related Books

Islands of History
Language: en
Pages: 202
Authors: Marshall Sahlins
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-03-06 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Marshall Sahlins centers these essays on islands—Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand—whose histories have intersected with European history. But he is also concerned
Marshall Islands Legends and Stories
Language: en
Pages: 278
Authors: Daniel A. Kelin
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: Bess Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Preserving the qualities of oral storytelling - in fifty stories recorded from eighteen storytellers on eight islands and atolls - the tales in this collection
Domination and Resistance
Language: en
Pages: 265
Authors: Martha Smith-Norris
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-01-31 - Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Domination and Resistance illuminates the twin themes of superpower domination and indigenous resistance in the central Pacific during the Cold War, with a comp
The First Taint of Civilization
Language: en
Pages: 388
Authors: Francis X. Hezel
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994-06-01 - Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

“Hezel writes clearly and with erudition and commands an impressive body of information. His book is a tour de force.... Not only will it be read eagerly by P
Coral and Concrete
Language: en
Pages: 353
Authors: Greg Dvorak
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-11-30 - Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Coral and Concrete, Greg Dvorak’s cross-cultural history of Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, explores intersections of environment, identity, empire, and me