Bibliograph

The value of comparison, Peter van der Veer ; with a foreword by Thomas Gibson

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Label

The value of comparison, Peter van der Veer ; with a foreword by Thomas Gibson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The value of comparison

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Responsibility statement

Peter van der Veer ; with a foreword by Thomas Gibson

Series statement

The lewis henry morgan lectures

Table Of Contents

The fragment and the whole -- The comparative advantage of anthropology -- Market and money: a critique of rational choice theory -- Civilization and comparison -- Keeping the Muslims out: concepts of civilization, civility, and civil society in India, China, and Western Europe -- The afterlife of images -- Comparing exclusion -- Lost in the mountains: notes on diversity in the Southeast Asian mainland massif -- Who cares? Care arrangements and sanitation for the poor in India and elsewhere

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