Giving up the geist: Power, history and the culture concept in the long Boasian tradition

Critique of Anthropology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-11

  Rodseth, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Boasianism; Diffusionism; Eric Wolf; Marxism; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544299652     PISSN: 0308275X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308275X05048609     Document Type: Review

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