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| marshall sahlins captain cook: How "Natives" Think Marshall Sahlins, 1996-08-14 When Western scholars write about non-Western societies, do they inevitably perpetuate the myths of European imperialism? Can they ever articulate the meanings and logics of non-Western peoples? Who has the right to speak for whom? Questions such as these are among the most hotly debated in contemporary intellectual life. In How Natives Think, Marshall Sahlins addresses these issues head on, while building a powerful case for the ability of anthropologists working in the Western tradition to understand other cultures. In recent years, these questions have arisen in debates over the death and deification of Captain James Cook on Hawai'i Island in 1779. Did the Hawaiians truly receive Cook as a manifestation of their own god Lono? Or were they too pragmatic, too worldly-wise to accept the foreigner as a god? Moreover, can a non-native scholar give voice to a native point of view? In his 1992 book The Apotheosis of Captain Cook, Gananath Obeyesekere used this very issue to attack Sahlins's decades of scholarship on Hawaii. Accusing Sahlins of elementary mistakes of fact and logic, even of intentional distortion, Obeyesekere portrayed Sahlins as accepting a naive, enthnocentric idea of superiority of the white man over natives—Hawaiian and otherwise. Claiming that his own Sri Lankan heritage gave him privileged access to the Polynesian native perspective, Obeyesekere contended that Hawaiians were actually pragmatists too rational and sensible to mistake Cook for a god. Curiously then, as Sahlins shows, Obeyesekere turns eighteenth-century Hawaiians into twentieth-century modern Europeans, living up to the highest Western standards of practical rationality. By contrast, Western scholars are turned into classic custom-bound natives, endlessly repeating their ancestral traditions of the White man's superiority by insisting Cook was taken for a god. But this inverted ethnocentrism can only be supported, as Sahlins demonstrates, through wholesale fabrications of Hawaiian ethnography and history—not to mention Obeyesekere's sustained misrepresentations of Sahlins's own work. And in the end, although he claims to be speaking on behalf of the natives, Obeyesekere, by substituting a home-made rationality for Hawaiian culture, systematically eliminates the voices of Hawaiian people from their own history. How Natives Think goes far beyond specialized debates about the alleged superiority of Western traditions. The culmination of Sahlins's ethnohistorical research on Hawaii, it is a reaffirmation for understanding difference. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: The Apotheosis of Captain Cook Gananath Obeyesekere, 2021-07-13 Here Gananath Obeyesekere debunks one of the most enduring myths of imperialism, civilization, and conquest: the notion that the Western civilizer is a god to savages. Using shipboard journals and logs kept by Captain James Cook and his officers, Obeyesekere reveals the captain as both the self-conscious civilizer and as the person who, his mission gone awry, becomes a savage himself. In this new edition of The Apotheosis of Captain Cook, the author addresses, in a lengthy afterword, Marshall Sahlins's 1994 book, How Natives Think, which was a direct response to this work. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: Islands of History Marshall Sahlins, 2013-03-06 Marshall Sahlins centers these essays on islands—Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand—whose histories have intersected with European history. But he is also concerned with the insular thinking in Western scholarship that creates false dichotomies between past and present, between structure and event, between the individual and society. Sahlins's provocative reflections form a powerful critique of Western history and anthropology. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: How "Natives" Think Marshall Sahlins, 1995-05-22 In his 1992 book, The Apotheosis of Captain Cook, Gananath Obeyesekere used this very issue to attack Sahlins's decades of scholarship on Hawaii. Accusing Sahlins of elementary mistakes of fact and logic, even of intentional distortion, Obeyesekere portrayed Sahlins as accepting a naive, ethnocentric idea of superiority of the white man over natives - Hawaiian and otherwise. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: Apologies to Thucydides Marshall Sahlins, 2013-11-11 Thucydides' classic work on the history of the Peloponnesian War is the root of Western conceptions of history—including the idea that Western history is the foundation of everyone else's. Here, Marshall Sahlins takes on Thucydides and the conceptions of history he wrought with a groundbreaking new book that shows what a difference an anthropological concept of culture can make to the writing of history. Sahlins begins by confronting Thucydides' account of the Peloponnesian War with an analogous Polynesian War, the fight for the domination of the Fiji Islands (1843-55) between a great sea power (like Athens) and a great land power (like Sparta). Sahlins draws parallels between the conflicts with an eye to their respective systems of power and sovereignty as well as to Thucydides' alternation between individual (Pericles, Themistocles) and collective (the Athenians, the Spartans) actors in the making of history. Characteristic of most histories ever written, this alternation between the agency of Great Men and collective entities leads Sahlins to a series of incisive analyses ranging in subject matter from Bobby Thomson's shot heard round the world for the 1951 Giants to the history-making of Napoleon and certain divine kings to the brouhaha over Elián Gonzalez. Finally, again departing from Thucydides, Sahlins considers the relationship between cultural order and historical contingency through the recounting of a certain royal assassination that changed the course of Fijian history, a story of fratricide and war worthy of Shakespeare. In this most convincing presentation yet of his influential theory of culture, Sahlins experiments with techniques for mixing rich narrative with cultural explication in the hope of doing justice at once to the actions of persons and the customs of people. And he demonstrates the necessity of taking culture into account in the creation of history—with apologies to Thucydides, who too often did not. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: The Death of Captain Cook Glyndwr Williams, 2008 In a style that is more detective story than conventional biography, Williams explores the multiple narratives of Cook's death. In short, Williams examines the story of Cook's progress from obscurity to fame and, eventually, to infamy--a story that, until now, has never been fully told. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: Captain Cook Glyndwr Williams, 2004 Essays reassess Cook's standing as a leading figure in eighteenth-century history, exploration and the advancement of science. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: Accidental Gods Anna Della Subin, 2021-12-07 NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY ESQUIRE, THE IRISH TIMES AND THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE A provocative history of men who were worshipped as gods that illuminates the connection between power and religion and the role of divinity in a secular age Ever since 1492, when Christopher Columbus made landfall in the New World and was hailed as a heavenly being, the accidental god has haunted the modern age. From Haile Selassie, acclaimed as the Living God in Jamaica, to Britain’s Prince Philip, who became the unlikely center of a new religion on a South Pacific island, men made divine—always men—have appeared on every continent. And because these deifications always emerge at moments of turbulence—civil wars, imperial conquest, revolutions—they have much to teach us. In a revelatory history spanning five centuries, a cast of surprising deities helps to shed light on the thorny questions of how our modern concept of “religion” was invented; why religion and politics are perpetually entangled in our supposedly secular age; and how the power to call someone divine has been used and abused by both oppressors and the oppressed. From nationalist uprisings in India to Nigerien spirit possession cults, Anna Della Subin explores how deification has been a means of defiance for colonized peoples. Conversely, we see how Columbus, Cortés, and other white explorers amplified stories of their godhood to justify their dominion over native peoples, setting into motion the currents of racism and exclusion that have plagued the New World ever since they touched its shores. At once deeply learned and delightfully antic, Accidental Gods offers an unusual keyhole through which to observe the creation of our modern world. It is that rare thing: a lyrical, entertaining work of ideas, one that marks the debut of a remarkable literary career. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: The Trial of the Cannibal Dog Anne Salmond, 2003-01-01 The extraordinary story of Captain Cook's encounters with the Polynesian Islanders is retold here in bold, vivid style, capturing the complex (and sometimes sexual) relationships between the explorers and the Islanders as well as the unresolved issues that led to Cook's violent death on the shores of Hawaii. (History) |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: Stone Age Economics Marshall Sahlins, Marshall David Sahlins, 2004 This book addresses a central problem of anthropology: the nature and appropriate analysis of economic life. It consists of a set of detailed and closely related studies of tribal economies: of domestic production for livelihood, and of the submission of domestic production to the material and political demands of society at large. Originally published in 1974. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: A Shark Going Inland Is My Chief Patrick Vinton Kirch, 2019-03-05 Tracing the origins of the Hawaiians and other Polynesians back to the shores of the South China Sea, archaeologist Patrick Vinton Kirch follows their voyages of discovery across the Pacific in this fascinating history of Hawaiian culture from about one thousand years ago. Combining more than four decades of his own research with Native Hawaiian oral traditions and the evidence of archaeology, Kirch puts a human face on the gradual rise to power of the Hawaiian god-kings, who by the late eighteenth century were locked in a series of wars for ultimate control of the entire archipelago. This lively, accessible chronicle works back from Captain James Cook’s encounter with the pristine kingdom in 1778, when the British explorers encountered an island civilization governed by rulers who could not be gazed upon by common people. Interweaving anecdotes from his own widespread travel and extensive archaeological investigations into the broader historical narrative, Kirch shows how the early Polynesian settlers of Hawai'i adapted to this new island landscape and created highly productive agricultural systems. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: Cannibal Talk Gananath Obeyesekere, 2005-06-06 In this radical reexamination of the notion of cannibalism, Gananath Obeyesekere offers a fascinating and convincing argument that cannibalism is mostly cannibal talk, a discourse on the Other engaged in by both indigenous peoples and colonial intruders that results in sometimes funny and sometimes deadly cultural misunderstandings. Turning his keen intelligence to Polynesian societies in the early periods of European contact and colonization, Obeyesekere deconstructs Western eyewitness accounts, carefully examining their origins and treating them as a species of fiction writing and seamen's yarns. Cannibalism is less a social or cultural fact than a mythic representation of European writing that reflects much more the realities of European societies and their fascination with the practice of cannibalism, he argues. And while very limited forms of cannibalism might have occurred in Polynesian societies, they were largely in connection with human sacrifice and carried out by a select community in well-defined sacramental rituals. Cannibal Talk considers how the colonial intrusion produced a complex self-fulfilling prophecy whereby the fantasy of cannibalism became a reality as natives on occasion began to eat both Europeans and their own enemies in acts of conspicuous anthropophagy. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: What Kinship Is-And Is Not Marshall Sahlins, 2013-01-25 In this pithy two-part essay, Marshall Sahlins reinvigorates the debates on what constitutes kinship, building on some of the best scholarship in the field to produce an original outlook on the deepest bond humans can have. Covering thinkers from Aristotle and Lévy- Bruhl to Émile Durkheim and David Schneider, and communities from the Maori and the English to the Korowai of New Guinea, he draws on a breadth of theory and a range of ethnographic examples to form an acute definition of kinship, what he calls the “mutuality of being.” Kinfolk are persons who are parts of one another to the extent that what happens to one is felt by the other. Meaningfully and emotionally, relatives live each other’s lives and die each other’s deaths. In the second part of his essay, Sahlins shows that mutuality of being is a symbolic notion of belonging, not a biological connection by “blood.” Quite apart from relations of birth, people may become kin in ways ranging from sharing the same name or the same food to helping each other survive the perils of the high seas. In a groundbreaking argument, he demonstrates that even where kinship is reckoned from births, it is because the wider kindred or the clan ancestors are already involved in procreation, so that the notion of birth is meaningfully dependent on kinship rather than kinship on birth. By formulating this reversal, Sahlins identifies what kinship truly is: not nature, but culture. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: Out of Time Nicholas Thomas, 1996 A lucid theoretical reflection on the intersection of anthropology and history |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: The Trumpet Shall Sound Peter Worsley, 1957 SB 156. Bibliography: p. 277-293. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: Culture Adam Kuper, 2000-11-15 Suddenly culture seems to explain everything, from civil wars to financial crises and divorce rates. But when we speak of culture, what, precisely, do we mean? Adam Kuper pursues the concept of culture from the early twentieth century debates to its adoption by American social science under the tutelage of Talcott Parsons. What follows is the story of how the idea fared within American anthropology, the discipline that took on culture as its special subject. Here we see the influence of such prominent thinkers as Clifford Geertz, David Schneider, Marshall Sahlins, and their successors, who represent the mainstream of American cultural anthropology in the second half of the twentieth century--the leading tradition in world anthropology in our day. These anthropologists put the idea of culture to the ultimate test--in detailed, empirical ethnographic studies--and Kuper's account shows how the results raise more questions than they answer about the possibilities and validity of cultural analysis. Written with passion and wit, Culture clarifies a crucial chapter in recent intellectual history. Adam Kuper makes the case against cultural determinism and argues that political and economic forces, social institutions, and biological processes must take their place in any complete explanation of why people think and behave as they do. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: Logics of History William H. Sewell Jr., 2009-07-27 While social scientists and historians have been exchanging ideas for a long time, they have never developed a proper dialogue about social theory. William H. Sewell Jr. observes that on questions of theory the communication has been mostly one way: from social science to history. Logics of History argues that both history and the social sciences have something crucial to offer each other. While historians do not think of themselves as theorists, they know something social scientists do not: how to think about the temporalities of social life. On the other hand, while social scientists’ treatments of temporality are usually clumsy, their theoretical sophistication and penchant for structural accounts of social life could offer much to historians. Renowned for his work at the crossroads of history, sociology, political science, and anthropology, Sewell argues that only by combining a more sophisticated understanding of historical time with a concern for larger theoretical questions can a satisfying social theory emerge. In Logics of History, he reveals the shape such an engagement could take, some of the topics it could illuminate, and how it might affect both sides of the disciplinary divide. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: Braided Waters Wade Graham, 2018-12-04 Braided Waters sheds new light on the relationship between environment and society by charting the history of Hawaii’s Molokai island over a thousand-year period of repeated settlement. From the arrival of the first Polynesians to contact with eighteenth-century European explorers and traders to our present era, this study shows how the control of resources—especially water—in a fragile, highly variable environment has had profound effects on the history of Hawaii. Wade Graham examines the ways environmental variation repeatedly shapes human social and economic structures and how, in turn, man-made environmental degradation influences and reshapes societies. A key finding of this study is how deep structures of place interact with distinct cultural patterns across different societies to produce similar social and environmental outcomes, in both the Polynesian and modern eras—a case of historical isomorphism with profound implications for global environmental history. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: A History of Anthropological Theory, Fourth Edition Paul A. Erickson, Liam D. Murphy, 2013-04-26 In the latest edition of their popular overview text, Erickson and Murphy continue to provide a comprehensive, affordable, and accessible introduction to anthropological theory from antiquity to the present. A new section on twenty-first-century anthropological theory has been added, with more coverage given to postcolonialism, non-Western anthropology, and public anthropology. The book has also been redesigned to be more visually and pedagogically engaging. Used on its own, or paired with the companion volume Readings for a History of Anthropological Theory, Fourth Edition, this reader offers a flexible and highly useful resource for the undergraduate anthropology classroom. For additional resources, visit the Teaching Theory page at www.utpteachingculture.com. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: A Practice of Anthropology Alex Golub, Daniel Rosenblatt, John D. Kelly, 2016-05-01 Marshall Sahlins (b. 1930) is an American anthropologist who played a major role in the development of anthropological theory in the second half of the twentieth century. Over a sixty-year career, he and his colleagues synthesized trends in evolutionary, Marxist, and ecological anthropology, moving them into mainstream thought. Sahlins is considered a critic of reductive theories of human nature, an exponent of culture as a key concept in anthropology, and a politically engaged intellectual opposed to militarism and imperialism. This collection brings together some of the world’s most distinguished anthropologists to explore and advance Sahlins’s legacy. All of the essays are based on original research, most dealing with cultural change - a major theme of Sahlins’s research, especially in the contexts of Fijian and Hawaiian societies. Like Sahlins’s practice of anthropology, these essays display a rigorous, humanistic study of cultural forms, refusing to accept comfort over accuracy, not shirking from the moral implications of their analyses. Contributors include the late Greg Dening, one of the most eminent historians of the Pacific, Martha Kaplan, Patrick Kirch, Webb Keane, Jonathan Friedman, and Joel Robbins, with a preface by the late Claude Levi-Strauss. A unique volume that will complement the many books and articles by Sahlins himself, A Practice of Anthropology is an exciting new addition to the history of anthropological study. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: The Work of Culture Gananath Obeyesekere, 1990-11-27 This volume is the product of two decades of field research by one of Sri Lanka's distinguished anthropological interpreters. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: Anthropology, Economics, and Choice Michael Chibnik, 2011-11-01 In the midst of global recession, angry citizens and media pundits often offer simplistic theories about how bad decisions lead to crises. Many economists, however, base their analyses on rational choice theory, which assumes that decisions are made by well-informed, intelligent people who weigh risks, costs, and benefits. Taking a more realistic approach, the field of anthropology carefully looks at the underlying causes of choices at different times and places. Using case studies of choices by farmers, artisans, and bureaucrats drawn from Michael Chibnik's research in Mexico, Peru, Belize, and the United States, Anthropology, Economics, and Choice presents a clear-eyed perspective on human actions and their economic consequences. Five key issues are explored in-depth: choices between paid and unpaid work; ways people deal with risk and uncertainty; how individuals decide whether to cooperate; the extent to which households can be regarded as decision-making units; and the tragedy of the commons, the theory that social chaos may result from unrestricted access to commonly owned property. Both an accessible primer and an innovative exploration of economic anthropology, this interdisciplinary work brings fresh insight to a timely topic. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: Ambivalent Conquests Inga Clendinnen, 2003-04-28 Publisher Description |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: Waiting for Foucault Marshall Sahlins, 1993 With typical brilliance and wit, renowned anthropologist Marshall Sahlins takes a critical and satirical look at all things Foucault -- and plenty more to boot. This pamphlet, which originally served as after-dinner conversation, features one of anthropology's revered elders at his best. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: Developments in Polynesian Ethnology Robert Borofsky, S. Alan Howard, 2019-03-31 Development in Polynesian Ethnology assesses the current state of anthropological research in Polynesia by examining the debates and issues that shape the discipline today. What have anthropologists achieved? What concerns now dominate discussion? Where is Polynesian anthropology headed? In a series of provocative and original essays, leading scholars examine prehistory, social organization, socialization and character development, mana and tapu, chieftainship, art and aesthetics, and early contact. Together these essays show how history, anthropology, and archaeology have combined to give a broad understanding of Polynesian societies developing over time--how they represent a blend of modernity and tradition, continuity and change. This book is both an introduction to Polynesia for interested students and a thought-provoking synthesis for scholars charting new directions and posing possibilities for future research. Scholars outside Polynesian studies will find the perspectives it offers important and its comprehensive bibliography an invaluable resource. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: Barrio Libre Gilberto Rosas, 2012-06-19 In this book, Gilberto Rosas draws on his in-depth ethnographic research among the members of Barrio Libre to understand why they have embraced criminality and how neoliberalism and security policies on both sides of the border have affected the youths' descent into Barrio Libre. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: Legal Systems Very Different from Ours Peter Leeson, David Skarbek, David Friedman, 2019-01-09 This book looks at thirteen different legal systems, ranging from Imperial China to modern Amish: how they worked, what problems they faced, how they dealt with them. Some chapters deal with a single legal system, others with topics relevant to several, such as problems with law based on divine revelation or how systems work in which law enforcement is private and decentralized. The book's underlying assumption is that all human societies face the same problems, deal with them in an interesting variety of different ways, are all the work of grown-ups, hence should all be taken seriously. It ends with a chapter on features of past legal systems that a modern system might want to borrow. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: Anahulu Patrick Vinton Kirch, Marshall Sahlins, 1994-07 Combining archaeology and social anthropology this historical and archaeological two volume set constructs an integrated history of the Anahulu Valley in northwestern O'ahu that traces the cultural transformation in a typical local center of the Hawaiian Kingdom founded by Kamehame. Volume one is a historical ethnography and volume two is an archaeology of history. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: The New Science of the Enchanted Universe Marshall Sahlins, 2022-04-26 One of the world’s preeminent cultural anthropologists leaves a last work that fundamentally reconfigures how we study most other cultures From the perspective of Western modernity, humanity inhabits a disenchanted cosmos. Gods, spirits, and ancestors have left us for a transcendent beyond, no longer living in our midst and being involved in all matters of everyday life from the trivial to the dire. Yet the vast majority of cultures throughout human history treat spirits as very real persons, members of a cosmic society who interact with humans and control their fate. In most cultures, even today, people are but a small part of an enchanted universe misconstrued by the transcendent categories of “religion” and the “supernatural.” The New Science of the Enchanted Universe shows how anthropologists and other social scientists must rethink these cultures of immanence and study them by their own lights. In this, his last, revelatory book, Marshall Sahlins announces a new method and sets an exciting agenda for the field. He takes readers around the world, from Inuit of the Arctic Circle to pastoral Dinka of East Africa, from Araweté swidden gardeners of Amazonia to Trobriand Island horticulturalists. In the process, Sahlins sheds new light on classical and contemporary ethnographies that describe these cultures of immanence and reveals how even the apparently mundane, all-too-human spheres of “economics” and “politics” emerge as people negotiate with, and ultimately usurp, the powers of the gods. The New Science of the Enchanted Universe offers a road map for a new practice of anthropology that takes seriously the enchanted universe and its transformations from ancient Mesopotamia to contemporary America. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: The Western Illusion of Human Nature Marshall Sahlins, 2008 Reflecting the decline in college courses on Western Civilization, Marshall Sahlins aims to accelerate the trend by reducing Western Civ to about two hours. He cites Nietzsche to the effect that deep issues are like cold baths; one should get into and out of them as quickly as possible. The deep issue here is the ancient Western specter of a presocial and antisocial human nature: a supposedly innate self-interest that is represented in our native folklore as the basis or nemesis of cultural order. Yet these Western notions of nature and culture ignore the one truly universal character of human sociality: namely, symbolically constructed kinship relations. Kinsmen are members of one another: they live each other's lives and die each other's deaths. But where the existence of the other is thus incorporated in the being of the self, neither interest, nor agency or even experience is an individual fact, let alone an egoistic disposition. Sorry, beg your pardon, Sahlins concludes, Western society has been built on a perverse and mistaken idea of human nature. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: Cook Nicholas Thomas, 2003-01-01 An in-depth chronicle of Captain James Cook's three historic voyages recounts his expeditions charting the eastern Australian coast, exploring the northwest coast of North America, circumnavigating New Zealand, and discovering many Pacific islands, setting his accomplishments against the backdrop of the colonialism of his era. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: Horace and the Gift Economy of Patronage Phebe Lowell Bowditch, 2001-03-02 This innovative study explores selected odes and epistles by the late-first-century poet Horace in light of modern anthropological and literary theory. Phebe Lowell Bowditch looks in particular at how the relationship between Horace and his patron Maecenas is reflected in these poems' themes and rhetorical figures. Using anthropological studies on gift exchange, she uncovers an implicit economic dynamic in these poems and skillfully challenges standard views on literary patronage in this period. Horace and the Gift Economy of Patronage provides a striking new understanding of Horace's poems and the Roman system of patronage, and also demonstrates the relevance of New Historicist and Marxist critical paradigms for Roman studies. In addition to incorporating anthropological and sociological perspectives, Bowditch's theoretical approach makes use of concepts drawn from linguistics, deconstruction, and the work of Michel Foucault. She weaves together these ideas in an original approach to Horace's use of golden age imagery, his language concerning public gifts or munera, his metaphors of sacrifice, and the rhetoric of class and status found in these poems. Horace and the Gift Economy of Patronage represents an original approach to central issues and questions in the study of Latin literature, and sheds new light on our understanding of Roman society in general. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: How Chiefs Became Kings Patrick Vinton Kirch, 2019-05-07 In How Chiefs Became Kings, Patrick Vinton Kirch addresses a central problem in anthropological archaeology: the emergence of “archaic states” whose distinctive feature was divine kingship. Kirch takes as his focus the Hawaiian archipelago, commonly regarded as the archetype of a complex chiefdom. Integrating anthropology, linguistics, archaeology, traditional history, and theory, and drawing on significant contributions from his own four decades of research, Kirch argues that Hawaiian polities had become states before the time of Captain Cook’s voyage (1778-1779). The status of most archaic states is inferred from the archaeological record. But Kirch shows that because Hawai`i’s kingdoms were established relatively recently, they could be observed and recorded by Cook and other European voyagers. Substantive and provocative, this book makes a major contribution to the literature of precontact Hawai`i and illuminates Hawai`i’s importance in the global theory and literature about divine kingship, archaic states, and sociopolitical evolution. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: Moala Marshall D. Sahlins, 2016-10-30 For nearly a year Marshall D. Sahlins lived in villages on the Fijian island of Moala, learning the way of the land, as the Moalans call their customs. From this experience he has written a book that is at once an intensive field study and a new approach to the methods of studying primitive communities. It marks an important departure from the standard trait-listing form of anthropological reports, for Sahlins does not isolate such factors as economics, kinship, and political organization. Rather he shows how closely they are interwoven in a primitive culture and why they must be interpreted with reference to the organic whole. This book, frankly evolutionary in its approach, views Moalan culture as an adaptive organization, a human means of dealing with nature so as to ensure survival. Proceeding from the smallest kinship groups, families, to the larger organization of village and island, Sahlins shows how kinship structure can organize the polity and economy. In a culture such as Moalan, kinship behavior is economics and often politics as well. By fully appreciating this fact, the author claims, we are made aware of the wide evolutionary gap between primitive societies and the impersonal structure of modern civilization. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: Captain James Cook and His Times Robin Fisher, 1979-01-01 Collection of papers by various authors, evaluating Cooks career and accomplishments and the effect of his voyages on the European arts and sciences. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: The Kumulipo Queen Liliuokalani, 2020-03-05 This is Queen Liliuokalani's translation of the Hawaiian Creation chant, the Kumulipo. She translated this while under house arrest at Iolani Palace, and it was subsequently published in 1897. This is an extremely rare book which was republished (in a very scarce edition) by Pueo Press in 1978. The Kumulipo's composition is attributed to one of Liliuokalani's eighteenth century ancestors, Keaulumoku, just prior to European contact. It is a sophisticated epic which describes the origin of species in terms that Darwin would appreciate. The Kumulipo moves from the emergence of sea creatures, to insects, land plants, animals, and eventually human beings. It describes a complicated web of interrelationships between various plants and animals. The most massive part of the chant is a genealogy which enumerates thousands of ancestors of the Hawaiian royal family. The Kumulipo is also available at this site in the 1951 translation of Martha Warren Beckwith, with comprehensive analysis and the complete Hawaiian text. However Liliuokalani's version is of some historical significance. The last Queen of Hawaii, Liliuokalani was extremely literate, and steeped in Hawaiian tradition. She was the author of the well-known Hawaiian anthem, Aloha 'Oe as well as a Hawaiian history book, Hawai'i's Story by Hawai'i's Queen. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: Intimacy in postmodern times Peter Beilharz, 2020-09-01 Zygmunt Bauman was one of the most important social theorists of recent decades. He did major work on the Holocaust, the postmodern and much else, up to fifty-eight books in English on almost as many topics. In this book, Australian sociologist Peter Beilharz, Bauman’s collaborator for thirty years, recounts the details of their relationship, simultaneously charting the changes that have occurred in academic life from the 1980s to today. Friendship was one of the bonds that made Bauman and Beilharz’s intellectual collaboration possible. Though the two were worlds apart in terms of biography and place, their work together was defined by a certain kind of intimacy. Separated by a generation, they collaborated for a generation together. This book follows their story in touching detail while puzzling over Bauman’s rich yet contested legacy. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: The Comfort of Things Daniel Miller, 2013-04-24 What do we know about ordinary people in our towns and cities, about what really matters to them and how they organize their lives today? This book visits an ordinary street and looks into thirty households. It reveals the aspirations and frustrations, the tragedies and accomplishments that are played out behind the doors. It focuses on the things that matter to these people, which quite often turn out to be material things – their house, the dog, their music, the Christmas decorations. These are the means by which they express who they have become, and relationships to objects turn out to be central to their relationships with other people – children, lovers, brothers and friends. If this is a typical street in a modern city like London, then what kind of society is this? It’s not a community, nor a neighbourhood, nor is it a collection of isolated individuals. It isn’t dominated by the family. We assume that social life is corrupted by materialism, made superficial and individualistic by a surfeit of consumer goods, but this is misleading. If the street isn’t any of these things, then what is it? This brilliant and revealing portrayal of a street in modern London, written by one the most prominent anthropologists, shows how much is to be gained when we stop lamenting what we think we used to be and focus instead on what we are now becoming. It reveals the forms by which ordinary people make sense of their lives, and the ways in which objects become our companions in the daily struggle to make life meaningful. |
| marshall sahlins captain cook: The Last Voyage of Captain Cook John Ledyard, 2005 Ledyard's Siberian journals recount a harrowing journey through Russia under the rule of Catherine the Great, while his diary from Alexandria and Cairo provides a brilliant and rare account of Egypt before Napoleon's invasion. Finally, Ledyard's correspondence sheds light on pre-revolutionary Paris and on his friendships with the Marquis de Lafayette, Benjamin Franklin, and Sir Joseph Banks. In his short life, John Ledyard traveled farther than any American had before.--Jacket. |
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The City of Marshall is ready to start construction on an expansion of the athletic park that will bring new amenities to the city and needs your help to finish the project. Read on...
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The City of Marshall is partnering with Performance Services to install digital water meters for residents and businesses. Learn more... City Council Virtual Meeting Instructions
Marshalls U.S. - The TJX Companies Inc.
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3 days ago · A 2021 housing study done for the Marshall EDA found a demand for up to 140 single family homes and up to 191 rental housing units in Marshall by 2030. Since 2021, there …
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BWI Marshall Airport marks 75 years with year-long ... - WBFF
4 days ago · BWI Marshall Airport is one of Maryland’s greatest economic engines, serving more than 27 million travelers in 2024 and leading the way with tourism, job creation and expanded …
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Visit Marshall University
Unable to visit Huntington but still want to know what it’s like to experience our campus? Look no further! Choose one of our virtual visit options below to explore Marshall University from …
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Jun 3, 2025 · Jim Marshall, a key member of the Minnesota Vikings’ vaunted “Purple People Eaters” defensive line of the 1960s and ’70s who also gained a place in NFL lore when he …
Semi driver dead after crash on US-30 West in Marshall County
20 hours ago · A semi driver is dead after a crash Friday night in Marshall County.It happened around 11:40 p.m. on US-30 West.This is east of US-31.Police say the 47-year-old
Vikings ironman Jim Marshall dies at age 87 - Star Tribune
Jun 3, 2025 · Minnesotaa Vikings defensive end Jim Marshall spent 20 seasons in the NFL, and set a record with 282 consecutive regular season games played. He was on all four Vikings …
'72 Hours' Adds Teyana Taylor, Ben Marshall and Zach Cherry
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Whether you're looking for classic cleans or heavy distortion, Marshall has something for you. Browse the full range of pedals, head, cabs and combos here.
Bluetooth speakers for mighty sound at home or on ... - Marshall
Indulge in the immersive world of Marshall signature sound, whether you're unwinding at home or embarking on an adventure outdoors. Our speakers redefine excellence, seamlessly blending …
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Reveal Designer 4pk Indoor Outdoor Solid T Spun Deep Cushions And Pillows Set $79.99 Compare At $114
Marshall headphones for front-row sound wherever you are ...
Marshall headphones feature custom-tuned dynamic drivers, delivering roaring bass, smooth mids, and brilliant treble for a rich, unrivalled sound that you’ll never want to turn off. Experience a …
Marshall, MI | Official Website
The City of Marshall is ready to start construction on an expansion of the athletic park that will bring new amenities to the city and needs your help to finish the project. Read on...
Marshall, TX | Official Website
The City of Marshall is partnering with Performance Services to install digital water meters for residents and businesses. Learn more... City Council Virtual Meeting Instructions
Marshalls U.S. - The TJX Companies Inc.
Marshalls was acquired by TJX in 1995, joining TJ Maxx to form Marmaxx – the country’s largest off-price retailer of apparel and home décor. Marshalls has stores across the U.S., including …
The ‘missing middle’ | News, Sports, Jobs - Marshall Independent
3 days ago · A 2021 housing study done for the Marshall EDA found a demand for up to 140 single family homes and up to 191 rental housing units in Marshall by 2030. Since 2021, there have …
We are Marshall – Marshall Group
Marshall Group is the audio, tech and design powerhouse uniting musicians and music lovers through genre-breaking innovation. Marshall, our flagship brand, is uniquely positioned with over …
Marshall joins ZinnStarter Network, awarded $10,000 to ...
1 day ago · Marshall University is proud to announce its selection as the newest ZinnStarter affiliate, joining a prestigious and growing network of universities committed to nurturing the next …
BWI Marshall Airport marks 75 years with year-long ... - WBFF
4 days ago · BWI Marshall Airport is one of Maryland’s greatest economic engines, serving more than 27 million travelers in 2024 and leading the way with tourism, job creation and expanded …
This is Marshall Group
Marshall Group is the audio, tech and design powerhouse uniting musicians and music lovers through genre-breaking innovation. Marshall, our flagship brand, is uniquely positioned with over …
Visit Marshall University
Unable to visit Huntington but still want to know what it’s like to experience our campus? Look no further! Choose one of our virtual visit options below to explore Marshall University from …
Clothing - Marshalls
Reveal Designer Long Sleeve Round Neck Quarter Zip Top And Ruffle Hem Skort Collection $19.99 Compare At $28
Marshall Group is born - Bringing together Marshall ...
May 31, 2023 · Marshall Group will leverage Zound Industries’ first-class design, branding and go-to-market capabilities while building on Marshall Amplification’s experience and reputation as a …
We are Marshall | Marshall.com
Today, the Marshall name stands for more than just legendary amps. It powers musicians and music lovers with professional equipment, consumer electronics, a record label, and a state-of-the-art …
TV sound worthy of the most thrilling soundtrack | Marshall.com
Heston 120 brings over 60 years of Marshall’s legacy straight to your home. Amplify your movies & music Bring a cinema-style experience with deeper immersion to the comfort of your living room.
Store Locator - Marshalls
Free Shipping On Orders Of $89+ | Use Code SHIP89 | Free Returns At Your Local Store | See Details.
Bluetooth speakers for powerful sound wherever you ... - Marshall
Crafted for those who demand both performance and aesthetics, our Bluetooth speakers deliver the signature Marshall sound that sets the mood just right. From crisp highs to deep, resonating …
Senator Marshall Op-Ed: The U.S. Army’s 250th Birthday: A ...
Jun 16, 2024 · Washington – On Monday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) published an op-ed in The Washington Times, marking the celebration of the 250 th Birthday of the United …
Jim Marshall, longtime Vikings defensive end and member of ...
Jun 3, 2025 · Jim Marshall, a key member of the Minnesota Vikings’ vaunted “Purple People Eaters” defensive line of the 1960s and ’70s who also gained a place in NFL lore when he infamously …
Semi driver dead after crash on US-30 West in Marshall County
20 hours ago · A semi driver is dead after a crash Friday night in Marshall County.It happened around 11:40 p.m. on US-30 West.This is east of US-31.Police say the 47-year-old
Vikings ironman Jim Marshall dies at age 87 - Star Tribune
Jun 3, 2025 · Minnesotaa Vikings defensive end Jim Marshall spent 20 seasons in the NFL, and set a record with 282 consecutive regular season games played. He was on all four Vikings Super …
'72 Hours' Adds Teyana Taylor, Ben Marshall and Zach Cherry
14 hours ago · Teyana Taylor, Ben Marshall, Zach Cherry and Kam Patterson Join Netflix Comedy ’72 Hours’ Kevin Hart, Marcello Hernández and Mason Gooding star in the film from director Tim …
