Sick Societies
Author | : Robert B. Edgerton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1992-11-02 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015020819770 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Sick Societies written by Robert B. Edgerton and published by . This book was released on 1992-11-02 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author and scholar Robert Edgerton challenges the notion that primitive societies were happy and healthy before they were corrupted and oppressed by colonialism. He surveys a range of ethnographic writings, and shows that many of these so-called innocent societies were cruel, confused, and misled.