Headhunting and Colonialism : Anthropology and the Circulation of Human Skulls in the Portuguese Empire, 1870-1930 /

An exploration of headhunting and the collection of heads for European museums in the context of colonial wars, from the 1870s to the 1930s. The book offers a new understanding of the mutually dependent interaction between indigenous peoples and colonial powers, and how collected remains became rega...

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Main Author:	Roque, Ricardo (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Series:	Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series.
Subjects:	History. Anthropology. Asian History. Cultural Anthropology. European History. Modern History. Social Anthropology. Ethnology. History, Modern. Asia > History. Europe > History. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book