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Islands of History 1st Edition

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Marshall Sahlins centers these essays on islands—Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand—whose histories have intersected with European history. But he is also concerned with the insular thinking in Western scholarship that creates false dichotomies between past and present, between structure and event, between the individual and society. Sahlins's provocative reflections form a powerful critique of Western history and anthropology.

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    0226733580
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    978-0226733586
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    University of Chicago Press
  5. Publication date
    April 15, 1987
  6. Language
    English
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    8.51 x 5.59 x 0.61 inches
  8. Print length
    200 pages
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Marshall Sahlins (1930-2021) was the Charles F. Grey Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Chicago and the author of many books.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Chicago Press; 1st edition (April 15, 1987)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 200 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0226733580
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0226733586
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.51 x 5.59 x 0.61 inches
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Basil A. Reid
5.0 out of 5 stars Well written book
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2007
Marshall Sahlins, a renowned expert in Polynesian archaeology, has produced an excellent, well-written book that focuses on synchrony and diachrony in archaeology, as reflected in the early encounters between Captain Cook and the early Polynesians. This book is essential reading for scholars interested in the concepts of cyclical and linear time. The text also demonstrates that the early Polynesians, like many other non-western societies, in fact had a dynamic, recursive history before European contact; a history not based on written records but rather on a rich array of oral traditions. Essentially, this book can be used as an important frame of reference for scholars of other early oceanic societies, for example pre-Columbian societies in the Caribbean, particularly with respect to issues of European contact and indigenous time reckoning and time conception.
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Read it for a college class. Would not recommend reading for enjoyment, but was a valuable book.
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Hippolyta9
2.0 out of 5 stars Warning: Magic Decoder Ring Not Included
Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2005
As a graduate student in history, I was intrigued by Sahlins subject. However, Sahlins does his best to hide his subject from any reader not in "the club" -- i.e. anyone who does not speak the jargon of a structuralist (or post-structuralist) anthropologist. Sahlins is a very inaccessible (and is thus, by most rules of writing, a BAD) writer, whose elitist attitude negates any interest I may have had in his subject matter.
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A. Ray Sr.
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent story of culture
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2008
Highly recommend this book, especially cultural historians. It is amazing to read the blend of Island and British culture.
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