Sick Societies Contributor(s): Edgerton, Robert B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0029089255 ISBN-13: 9780029089255 Publisher: Free Press OUR PRICE: $42.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1992 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
Dewey: 302.12 |
LCCN: 92013948 |
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.46" W x 9.54" (1.22 lbs) 288 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Author and scholar Robert Edgerton challenges the notion that primitive societies were happy and healthy before they were corrupted and oppressed by colonialism. He surveys a range of ethnographic writings, and shows that many of these so-called innocent societies were cruel, confused, and misled. |
Contributor Bio(s): Edgerton, Robert B.: - Robert Edgerton, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of the department of anthropology at the University of California Los Angeles and the author of several books, including Like Lions They Fought, Sick Societies, and Warriors of the Rising Sun. |