Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Debunking the Myths of Colonization Debunking the Myths of Colonization Samar Attar Debunking the Myths of Colonization examines Salman Rushdie's thesis on the paradoxical nature of colonialism and its horrific impact on the psyche of the colonized. It probes Frantz Fanon's theories… OL15184681W
Materials and Medicine Materials and Medicine Pratik Chakrabarti Medicine was transformed in the eighteenth century. Aligning the trajectories of intellectual and material wealth, this book uncovers how medicine acquired a new materialism as well as new materials … OL15644068W
West of the Revolution West of the Revolution Claudio Saunt Details the other revolutions during 1776, including the reaction of the native residents of San Francisco in the wake of the first European settlement there and the devastation of the Aleutian Islan… OL19981860W
Colonial subjects Colonial subjects Oscar Salemink,Peter Pels "The essays in this volume share the assumption that "ethnography" is a broader field of practice out of which and alongside which anthropology attempted to distinguish itself as a scientific discipl… OL21242279W