Sick Societies: Challenging the Myth of Primitive Harmony

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Synopsis
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.
Copyright:
1992

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
288 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781451602326
Related ISBNs:
9780029089255
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
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Copyrighted By:
Robert B. Edgerton
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Social Studies, Sociology
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Bookshare Staff
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