Download or read book Historical Transformations written by Kajsa Ekholm Friedman and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2008 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Historical Transformations represents the work of two distinguished anthropologists over three decades on the history and importance of global thinking in the social sciences. The authors consider numerous examples for which local phenomena can only be understood within the contexts of global systems. Their multidisciplinary work touches on many aspects of social and individual life as well as long-term historical process."--BOOK JACKET.