James Ferguson is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine, and the author of The Anti-Politics Machine: “Development, ” Depoliticization, and Bureaucratic Power in Lesotho (1990). He is also coeditor, with Akhil Gupta, of Anthropological Locations: Boundaries and Grounds of a Field Science (California, 1997) and Culture, Power, Place: Explorations in Critical Anthropology (1997).
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James Ferguson: Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton’s Principles
Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. District of Pe …
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James Ferguson: Expectations of Modernity
Once lauded as the wave of the African future, Zambia’s economic boom in the 1960s and early 1970s was fueled by the export of copper and other primary materials. Since the mid-1970s, however, the ur …
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James Ferguson: Grenada: Revolution In Reverse
The US invasion of Grenada in 1983 was seen as a victory for freedom. By the early 1990s, however, the story of post-invasion Grenada had become one of disillusionment and cynicism. This work reveals …
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James Ferguson: Venezuela In Focus
Venezuela has been blessed and cursed by oil. Once Latin America’s wealthiest country, its petrodollars paid for political stability, dramatic modernisation and rampant corruption. But the boom years …
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James Ferguson: Eastern Caribbean In Focus
The idyllic landscapes of the Eastern Caribbean belie a dramatic and often cruel history. Fought over by the imperial Navies and vulnerable to natural disasters, these small islands have also been ma …
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James Ferguson: Far From Paradise
Far From Paradise looks at the Caribbean behind the tourist brochures: small, vulnerable countries beset by poverty and injustice, searching for a road out of underdevelopment. It traces the history …
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Jeffrey Dover & James (University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland) Ferguson: Photodermatology
The study of the biological effects of ultraviolet and visible light on the skin has expanded rapidly over the last 20 years, recognizing the clinical significance of light sensitive skin disorders. …
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Henderson’s Materia Medica
Now in its third edition, this standard text meets the need for a single source of detailed information on the drugs in use in English-speaking countries. Dr. Henderson based his book on the British …
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Jasmine Alinder & A. Aneesh: Long 1968
Delving into a tumultuous year’s impact on art, culture, and politics, this book "illuminates the often-overlooked histories of 1968" (The Journal of American History).From the mid-1960s to …
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€19.33
James Ferguson: Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton’s Principles / And made easy to those who have not studied mathematics
To which are added, A plain method of finding the distances of all the planets from the sun, by the transit of Venus over the sun's disc … : An account of Mr. Horrox's observation of the tr …
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Wale Adebanwi: The Political Economy of Everyday Life in Africa
What are the fundamental issues, processes, agency and dynamics that shape the political economy of life in modern Africa? In this book, the contributors – experts in anthropology, history, political …
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Wale Adebanwi: The Political Economy of Everyday Life in Africa
Multi-disciplinary examination of the role of ordinary African people as agents in the generation and distribution of well-being in modern Africa. What are the fundamental issues, processes, agency a …
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Michael R. Lucey & James Neuberger: Liver Transplantation
Explore this practical and step-by-step guide to managing liver transplant patients from leading international clinicians in Hepatology The newly revised Second Edition of Liver Transplantation: Clin …
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Michael R. Lucey & James Neuberger: Liver Transplantation
Explore this practical and step-by-step guide to managing liver transplant patients from leading international clinicians in Hepatology The newly revised Second Edition of Liver Transplantation: Clin …
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James Ferguson: History of Indian and Eastern Architecture
James Fergusson (1808-86) became one of the most respected architectural historians of India. His 1876 account was revised in two volumes in 1910 by archaeologist James Burgess (1832-1916) and archit …
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€1.88
James Ferguson & Akhil Gupta: Anthropological Locations
Among the social sciences, anthropology relies most fundamentally on ‘fieldwork’—the long-term immersion in another way of life as the basis for knowledge. In an era when anthropologists are studying …
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James Ferguson: Give a Man a Fish
In Give a Man a Fish James Ferguson examines the rise of social welfare programs in southern Africa, in which states make cash payments to their low income citizens. More than thirty percent of South …
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James Ferguson & Akhil Gupta: Culture, Power, Place
Anthropology has traditionally relied on a spatially localized society or culture as its object of study. The essays in Culture, Power, Place demonstrate how in recent years this anthropological conv …
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€38.73
James Ferguson: Global Shadows
Both on the continent and off, "Africa" is spoken of in terms of crisis: as a place of failure and seemingly insurmountable problems, as a moral challenge to the international community. Wh …
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James Ferguson: Fresh Takes on the Big Questions
This book takes a fresh look at a wide range of life’s big questions and provides a resource as readers search for answers individually or together in group discussion. The goal is to explore how Chr …
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