Historical Transformations represents the work of two distinguished anthropologists over three decades on the history and importance of global thinking in the social sciences. The authors consider numerous examples for which local phenomena can only be understood within the contexts of global systems. Their multidisciplinary work touches on many aspects of social and individual life as well as long-term historical processes.
Historical Transformations represents the work of two distinguished anthropologists over three decades on the history and importance of global thinkin...
Historical Transformations takes a comprehensive look at global systemic anthropology, presenting the authors' three decades of research in the social sciences.
Historical Transformations takes a comprehensive look at global systemic anthropology, presenting the authors' three decades of research in the social...
In Modernities, Class, and the Contradictions of Globalization, two distinguished anthropologists look at how global processes have shaped the emergence of our dynamic and often difficult and contradictory modern world. The authors are particularly interested in structures that link individual human beings to more general social transformations. This book is a synthesis of the Friedmans' decades-long anthropological research into the human consequences--whether for good or bad--of globalization.
In Modernities, Class, and the Contradictions of Globalization, two distinguished anthropologists look at how global processes have shaped the emergen...