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  • 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

  • Technology, Literacy, and the Evolution of Society

    Implications of the Work of Jack Goody

    Edited by David R. Olson, Michael Cole ...
    Inspired by the seminal work of Jack Goody, a historical anthropologist specializing in the study of social structure and change, Technology, Literacy, and the Evolution of Society gathers diverse perspectives of 20 distinguished historians, anthropologists, psychologists, and educators to address the role of technologies in social stability and change in traditional and modern societies. In this ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • 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

    $21.99 USD

  • Food Consumption in Global Perspective

    Essays in the Anthropology of Food in Honour of Jack Goody

    Edited by J. Klein, A. Murcott ...
    Series series Consumption and Public Life
    With studies of China, India, West Africa, South America and Europe, this book provides a global perspective on food consumption in the modern world. Combing ethnographic, historical and comparative analyses, the volume celebrates the contributions of Jack Goody to the anthropology of food. ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • History, Culture and Ethnography

    Jack Goody, Clifford James Geertz and Phillippe Descola

    by Alan Macfarlane, Eric Hobsbawm ...
    Series series Creative Lives and Works
    History, Culture and Ethnography: Jack Goody, Clifford Geertz and Philippe Descola is a collection of interviews that is being published as a book for the first time. These interviews have been conducted by one of England’s leading social anthropologists and historians, Professor Alan Macfarlane.Filmed over a period of several years, the three conversations in this volume are part of the series ... Read more

    $64.99 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

  • Black Cat Weekly #115

    by Norman Spinrad, Simon Wood, Veronica Leigh, Phyllis Ann Karr, David Goodis, Jack Ritchie, Richard McKenna, Richard R. Smith, Robert Ernest Gilbert ...
    This week, we have original tales from Veronica Leigh (thanks to Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken) and Phyllis Ann Karr, plus great modern tales from Simon Wood (thanks to Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman) and Norman Spinrad. Plus the usual range of classics which you (hopefully) haven’t seen before. Good stuff! ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

    $68.99 USD

  • Parasites and Biological Invasions

    by Dr Jamie Bojko, Dr Alison M Dunn, Dr April M H Blakeslee, Karolina Bacela-Spychalska, Louise Barwell, David Bass, Amy L. Burgess, Lucy Butler0, Morag Clinton1, Amber J. Collings2, Rachel Foster3, M. Anouk Goedknegt4, Jack A. Goode5, James Guilder6, Helen Hesketh7, Adam Kennerley8, Osamu Miura9, Christopher S. Moore0, Ed Peeler1, Freya Pellie2, Bethan Purse3, Helen E. Roy4, David W. Thieltges5, Hannah Tidbury6, Mark E. Torchin7, Ava Waine8, Daniel A. Warren9, Louisa E. Wood0 ...
    Series series CABI Invasives Series
    Biological invasions - the introduction, establishment and spread of invasive alien species - are complex global phenomena that can cause significant environmental, ecological, and economic harm. Along with the direct effects of an invasive host organism, there is the additional threat of co-introduced pathogenic and parasitic species. Co-introduced parasites can affect the success of the invasive ... Read more

    $86.99 USD

  • The Konkomba of Northern Ghana

    Edited From His Published and Unpublished Writings by Jack Goody

    by David Tait ...
    Series series African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
    Originally published in 1964 this book made available for the first time David Tait's writings on the Konkomba with whom he lived and worked for 5 years. Including some previously unpublished material, this volume discusses the political system of the Konkomba but includes aspects of social and religious life. ... Read more

    $51.99 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