"Mention of the American West usually evokes images of rough and tumble cowboys, ranchers, and outlaws. In contrast, The Not So Wild, Wild West casts America's frontier history in a new framework that emphasizes the creation of institutions, both formal and informal, that facili…
Monograph on relationships between the agrarian structure and underdevelopment in Pakistan - investigates slow agricultural development, trends (1960-1980), failure of land reforms to alter concentration of land ownership and to reduce landlessness, and production function of ag…
"In medieval Britain people wore jewellery made of gold if they were rich, of base metal if they were poor; they might hoard their property, or give it away to guarantee that they would have friends when needed; and many of them paid tax on their possessions. In Gold and Gilt, P…
The urban context -- Activity and continuity: patterns of women's economic participation -- "Her and all her property": gender and property transactions -- Webs of credit and circulation of wealth -- Married partners and single women as producers and sellers -- The changing fort…
"Authenticity is taken-for-granted as an absolute value in contemporary life. In Culture and Authenticity, Charles Lindholm calls upon anthropological case studies from different cultures, historical material, and comparative philosophy, to explore how notions of authenticity de…
