Sick Societies

Sick Societies
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 472
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ISBN-10 : 9781451602326
ISBN-13 : 1451602324
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Book Synopsis Sick Societies by : Robert B. Edgerton

Download or read book Sick Societies written by Robert B. Edgerton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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