Anthropologies and Histories: Essays in Culture, History, and Political Economy (Hegemony and Experience) - Softcover

Elegantly written essays....Roseberry is the real gem, an anthropologist with extensive Latin American field experience and an impressive scholarly grasp of the histories of anthropology and Marxist theory." - Micaela di Leonardo, The Nation "An extremely stimulating volume....rich and provocative, and codifies a new departure point." - Choice "As a critic....Roseberry writes with sustained force and clarity....his principal points emerge with a directness that will make this book attractive to a wide range of readers." - American Anthropologist "Roseberry in among the most astute, careful, and theoretically cogent of the anthropologists of his generation....[This book] illustrates well the breadth and coherence of his thinking and guides the reader through the complicated intersections of anthropology with history, political economy, Marxism, and Latin American studies." - Jane Schneider, CUNY

William Roseberry is a professor of anthropology at the New School for Social Research.