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  • The Theft of History

    by Jack Goody ...
    Series series Canto Classics
    In The Theft of History Jack Goody builds on his own previous work to extend further his highly influential critique of what he sees as the pervasive Eurocentric or occidentalist biases of so much western historical writing and the consequent 'theft' by the West of the achievements of other cultures in the invention of (notably) democracy, capitalism, individualism and love. Goody, one of the ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • The Eurasian Miracle

    by Jack Goody ...
    The idea of long-term European dominance is characteristic of most evolutionary theories of human culture and society in the nineteenth century. It was commonly believed that there was a natural progression from Antiquity through Feudalism to Capitalism which could not have taken place elsewhere. Today there are many who still believe that this progression was part of a European miracle that ... Read more

    $18.00 USD

  • Capitalism and Modernity

    The Great Debate

    by Jack Goody ...
    This important new book investigates how the West attained its current position of economic and social advantage. In an incisive historical analysis, Jack Goody examines when and why Europe (and Anglo-America) started to outstrip all other continents in socio-economic growth. Drawing on non-Western examples of economic and technical progress, Goody challenges assumptions about long-term European ... Read more

    $21.00 USD

  • Myth, Ritual and the Oral

    by Jack Goody ...
    In Myth, Ritual and the Oral Jack Goody, one of the world's most distinguished anthropologists, returns to the related themes of myth, orality and literacy, subjects that have long been a touchstone in anthropological thinking. Combining classic papers with recent unpublished work, this volume brings together some of the most important essays written on these themes in the past half century, ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Technology, Tradition and the State in Africa

    by Jack Goody ...
    Series series African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
    Originally published in 1971 this book argues that certain aspects of traditional African social systems have been misunderstood because of a failure to appreciate what is implied by important differences between the technologies of the major traditional African states and those of Europe and Asia. Differences in the modes of agricultural production were connected with differences in other aspects ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Metals, Culture and Capitalism

    An Essay on the Origins of the Modern World

    by Jack Goody ...
    Metals, Culture and Capitalism is an ambitious, broad-ranging account of the search for metals in Europe and the Near East from the Bronze Age to the Industrial Revolution and the relationship between this and economic activity, socio-political structures and the development of capitalism. Continuing his criticism of Eurocentric traditions, a theme explored in The Theft of History (2007) and ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Creative Lives and Works

    Adrian C. Mayer, M.N. Srinivas, André Béteille and Johnathan Parry

    by Alan Macfarlane, Jack Goody ...
    Series series Creative Lives and Works
    Creative Lives and Works: Adrian C. Mayer, M.N. Srinivas, André Béteille and Johnathan Parry is a collection of interviews conducted by one of England’s leading social anthropologists and historians, Professor Alan Macfarlane. Filmed over a period of 40 years, the four conversations in this volume, are part of a larger set of interviews that cut across various disciplines, from the social sciences ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Creative Lives and Works

    Raymond Firth, Audrey Richards, Lucy Mair, Meyer Fortes and Edmund Leach

    by Alan Macfarlane, Jack Goody, Jean La Fontaine, Frank Kermode ...
    Series series Creative Lives and Works
    Creative Lives and Works: Raymond Firth, Audrey Richards, Lucy Mair, Meyer Fortes and Edmund Leach is a collection of interviews conducted by one of England’s leading social anthropologists and historians, Professor Alan Macfarlane. Filmed over a period of 40 years, the five conversations in this volume, are part of a larger set of interviews that cut across various disciplines, from the social ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • The Social Organisation of the Lo Wiili

    by Jack Goody ...
    Series series African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
    Originally published in 1967 (second edition) presents an account of the life and social organisation of the Lo Wiili of the Haute Volta and Ghana. Chapters on the geographic and ethnographic background and economic system are followed by a detailed analysis of Lo Wiili social organisation which in its broad outlines is typical of the general area. Of particular theoretical interest, however, is ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Changing Social Structure in Ghana

    Essays in the Comparative Sociology of a new State and an old Tradition

    by Jack Goody ...
    Series series African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
    Originally published in 1975, this book presents the results of research into social change in Ghana. The book looks in detail at the problems of particular sub-groups and sectors in one single nation and they show that the field-worker with a wide comparative background in the range of pre-industrial societies has a positive role to play in contemporary social science. ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Islam in Europe

    by Jack Goody ...
    This vigorously argued book reveals the central role that Islam has played in European history. Following the movement of people, culture and religion from East to West, Goody breaks down the perceived opposition between Islam and Europe, showing Islam to be a part of Europe's past and present. In an historical analysis of religious warfare and forced migration, Goody examines our understanding of ... Read more

    $21.00 USD

  • Comparative Studies in Kinship

    by Jack Goody ...
    Against the background of the problems involved in the comparative study of human society, the essays in this book show the comparative ideal in practice, which combines elements from both sociology and anthropology. In each essay, specific problems are treated in a way which tests theory against evidence, to replace assertion by demonstration. Topics covered include: · Incest and Adultery · ... Read more

    $65.99 USD