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Marshall Sahlins. Marshall Sahlins centers these essays on islands—Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand—whose histories have intersected with European history. But he is also concerned with the insular thinking in Western scholarship that creates false dichotomies between past and present, between structure and event, between the individual and society.
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Apr 15, 1987 · Islands of History. 1st Edition. by Marshall Sahlins (Author) 4.2 14 ratings. See all formats and editions. Marshall Sahlins centers these essays on islands—Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand—whose histories have intersected with European history.
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Aug 20, 2014 · Islands of history. by. Sahlins, Marshall. Publication date. 1985. Topics. Pacific islands history. Publisher. Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press.
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Historical Metaphors and Mythical Realities (1981), Islands of History (1985), Anahulu (1992), and Apologies to Thucydides (2004) contain his main contributions to historical anthropology. Islands of History sparked a notable debate with Gananath Obeyesekere over the details of Captain James Cook's death in the Hawaiian Islands in 1779.
Islands of History. Marshall David Sahlins, Marshall Sahlins. University of Chicago Press, 1985 - History - 180 pages. Marshall Sahlins centers these essays on islands—Hawaii, Fiji, New...
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Mar 6, 2013 · Marshall Sahlins centers these essays on islands—Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand—whose histories have intersected with European history. But he is also concerned with the insular thinking in...
Jan 1, 1985 · Anthropologist Marshall Sahlins uses examples of early European/Islander exchange in Hawaii, New Zealand, and Fiji to argue that history is a combination of events that occur within subjective constructs.