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Clash of Cultures

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In Europe it was once known as the Age of Discovery. To the remainder of the world, it ceaselessly meant slavery, epidemic disease, cultural genocide, and wholesale social and economic changes. What happened in the period when Europe first came in contact with the remainder of the world? In this new edition of Brian Fagan’s Clash of Cultures, the most efficient-selling writer offers a series of fascinating cases at the have an effect on of cultural contact, including cultures such as those of the Huron fur traders, South African Khoi Khoi, Tahitians, Japanese, and Aztecs. Every case provides a description of the pre-European culture, the short-term impacts of European contact, and long-term changes caused by the clash of two cultures. Fagan also explores the many advances in the general literature on this period such as the “people without history,” world systems analysis, and the debate over Captain Cook. Ideal for courses in cultural anthropology, world history, historical archaeology, ethnic studies, or area studies, in addition to for the general reader.

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