The Anthropology Of Globalization » (1st Edition)

TED C. LEWELLEN is Professor of Anthropology and former Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Richmond, Virginia. He is the author of numerous books, including the Choice Outstanding Academic Book, Dependency and Development: An Introduction to the Third World (Bergin & Garvey, 1995). He is currently working on a third edition of Political Anthropology (Bergin & Garvey).

Presents the first and only critical overview of the anthropology of globalization, a subject area so new that previously it existed only as multiple, unintegrated ethnographies and theoretical positions.

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Stating his goal as providing a "broad, easily digested overview" of the field of the anthropology of globalization, Lewellen (anthropology, U. of Richmond) presents a series of 13 essays that discuss some of the important issues affecting people subjected to the growing worldwide dominance of the neoliberal agenda. Early essays focus on theoretical issues, defining the term globalization and asking how it should be studied in the area of anthropology. Later chapters discuss the role of migration on transnationalism, diasporas, and refugee populations. Finally, examinations of the interaction of local tribal cultures and peasant communities with the forces of globalization are included. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)