Historical Transformations by Kajsa Ekholm Friedman, Jonathan... - 9780759111103

Historical TransformationsThe Anthropology of Global Systems\nAuthor(s): Kajsa Ekholm Friedman, Jonathan Friedman\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: AltaMira Press, United States\nImprint: AltaMira Press\nISBN-13: 9780759111103, 978-0759111103\nSynopsis\nHistorical Transformations represents the work of two distinguished anthropologists over three decades on the history and importance of global thinking in the social sciences. The authors consider numerous examples for which local phenomena can only be understood within the contexts of global systems. Their multidisciplinary work touches on many aspects of social and individual life as well as long-term historical processes.