Critical Histories
Committed to publishing books that consider world history, particularly Third World history, from other than an American or European perspective, this series features the work of scholars from Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, as well as works by American and European scholars based largely on non-European language sources. The series is closed to new submissions.
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Gandhi's Body
Sex, Diet, and the Politics of Nationalism
Price: $64.95
ISBN: 9780812235562
Pub Date: July 2000
Format: Hardcover
216 Pages
"This brilliant and infuriating book is the latest intriguing offering from one of the most original anthropologists working. . . . It offers us unpredictable and illuminating interpretations of classical material."—Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
Fragments of Empire
Capital, Slavery, and Indian Indentured Labor in the British Caribbean
Price: $59.95
ISBN: 9780812234671
Pub Date: January 1998
Format: Hardcover
240 Pages
Historians, by relying on biased sources, have perpetuated the acceptance of a privileged perspective on imperial British history.
Empire and Others
British Encounters with Indigenous Peoples, 16-185
Price: $44.95
ISBN: 9780812216998
Pub Date: March 1999
Format: Paperback
400 Pages
This collection explores the many complex ways in which identities were forged within Britain and among indigenous peoples—from Ireland to Scotland, from Africa to Austalia, from the Caribbean to North America, through a process of collision and compromise. "An exciting and rewarding book."—Indigenous Nations Studies
Producing Workers
The Politics of Gender, Class, and Culture in the Calcutta Jute Mills
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9780812215977
Pub Date: April 1997
Format: Paperback
224 Pages
India Against Itself
Assam and the Politics of Nationality
Price: $64.95
ISBN: 9780812234916
Pub Date: June 1999
Format: Hardcover
280 Pages
"This brilliant book, meticulously researched in the history of subnationalism and cultural politics in northeast India, is the best critique of general theories of agonistic democracy that I have encountered."—Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Gandhi's Body
Sex, Diet, and the Politics of Nationalism
Price: $64.95
ISBN: 9780812235562
Pub Date: July 2000
Format: Hardcover
216 Pages
"This brilliant and infuriating book is the latest intriguing offering from one of the most original anthropologists working. . . . It offers us unpredictable and illuminating interpretations of classical material."—Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
Fragments of Empire
Capital, Slavery, and Indian Indentured Labor in the British Caribbean
Price: $59.95
ISBN: 9780812234671
Pub Date: January 1998
Format: Hardcover
240 Pages
Historians, by relying on biased sources, have perpetuated the acceptance of a privileged perspective on imperial British history.
Empire and Others
British Encounters with Indigenous Peoples, 16-185
Price: $44.95
ISBN: 9780812216998
Pub Date: March 1999
Format: Paperback
400 Pages
This collection explores the many complex ways in which identities were forged within Britain and among indigenous peoples—from Ireland to Scotland, from Africa to Austalia, from the Caribbean to North America, through a process of collision and compromise. "An exciting and rewarding book."—Indigenous Nations Studies
Producing Workers
The Politics of Gender, Class, and Culture in the Calcutta Jute Mills
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9780812215977
Pub Date: April 1997
Format: Paperback
224 Pages
India Against Itself
Assam and the Politics of Nationality
Price: $64.95
ISBN: 9780812234916
Pub Date: June 1999
Format: Hardcover
280 Pages
"This brilliant book, meticulously researched in the history of subnationalism and cultural politics in northeast India, is the best critique of general theories of agonistic democracy that I have encountered."—Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak