Thinking temporally or modernizing anthropology

American Anthropologist

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 134-149

  Donham, Donald L ^a,b  

^a WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Historical anthropology; Narrative; South Africa; The modern

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035622932     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2001.103.1.134     Document Type: Review

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