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University of California Press Pathways of Power Building an Anthropology of the Modern World by Eric R Wolf and Foreword by Aram Yengoyan and Contributions by Sydel Silverman
This collection of 28 essays by renowned anthropologist Eric R. Wolf is a legacy of some of his most original work, with an insightful foreword by Aram Yengoyan. Of the essays, six have never been published and two have not appeared in English until now. Shortly before his death, Wolf prepared introductions to each section and individual pieces, as well as an intellectual autobiography that introduces the collection as a whole. Sydel Silverman, who completed the editing of the book, says I her preface, "He wanted this selection of his writings over the past half-century to serve as part of the history of how anthropology brought th study of complex societies and world systems into its purview".show more