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Review: Europe and the People Without History: With a New PrefaceUser 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 PrefaceUser 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 Related books
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Common terms and phrasesAfrica agricultural Anthropology areas Asia became began Benin Brazil British capital capitalist capitalist mode Caribbean caste central chiefs China Chinese coast colonies commercial commodities Company competition cotton crops cultivation cultural dominant Dutch East eastern economic eighteenth century elite England English Europe European exchange expansion export French fur trade gold groups growth gumsa human important increased India Indian industrial Iroquois Islam islands kin-ordered kingdom kinship labor power land lineage major Marx mercantile merchants Mesoamerica military mode of production Mughal native American nineteenth century North Ojibwa opium organized peasantry plantations planters political populations Portuguese potlatch profit putting-out system region relations River role routes royal rulers segments seventeenth century ships silver sixteenth century slave trade slavery social labor society South southern Spanish sugar supply surplus textile tion Tlingit tributary tribute turn University Press village wealth West West Africa Western workers York Bibliographic information |