Review: Europe and the People Without History: With a New Preface
User Review - Eddy Allen - GoodreadsThe intention of this work is to show that European expansion not only transformed the historical trajectory of non-European societies but also reconstituted the historical accounts of these societies before European intervention. It asserts that anthropology must pay more attention to history. Read full review
Review: Europe and the People Without History: With a New Preface
User Review - Hadrian - GoodreadsThis is a very broad yet detailed look at the history of the past five centuries, and the economic/materialist causes thereof. It combines anthropology with history, closely tying together societal ... Read full review
Review: Europe and the People Without History: With a New Preface
User Review - Lisa Aldridge - GoodreadsThis is one of my favorite books in my library. I appreciate Eric Wolf's research and insights into this topic. because it provides a new perspective, a new way to look at history, people, and cultures, it gives us a new history. Read full review
Review: Europe and the People Without History: With a New Preface
User Review - Tanya - GoodreadsAs far as academic books go, this one is excellent. An interesting theoretical exploration of "history". Read full review
Review: Europe and the People Without History: With a New Preface
User Review - Ann - GoodreadsOver the past four weeks I have looked at various theoretical perspectives (neo-evolutionism, cultural ecology, cultural evolutionism, and cultural materialism) that lie within a larger materialist ... Read full review
Review: Europe and the People Without History: With a New Preface
User Review - GoodreadsExcellent, challenging book that attempts to explain the interconnectedness of the world's people after 1400 using the Marxist labor theory of value and "long waves of capitalist development." Full review to come. Thanks, Naeem.
Review: Europe and the People Without History: With a New Preface
User Review - Petter Nordal - GoodreadsThis is a great book, showing that history is not what happened, but the written, published and disseminated account of what happened. Read full review
Review: Europe and the People Without History: With a New Preface
User Review - Aldon Rau - GoodreadsWhen I picked up this book from the shelf the other day, I got an odd reaction from the adults in the vicinity. My grandfather seemed adamant that it was not appropriate for me; whereas my mother ... Read full review
Review: Europe and the People Without History: With a New Preface
User Review - Joanne Payton - GoodreadsAn incredibly important book. Read full review
Review: Europe and the People Without History: With a New Preface
User Review - Amanda Mecke - GoodreadsThis book turns your head around about who discovered what. Imagine Italy without tomato sauce! Read full review