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

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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
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Summary: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 regarded as objects of wider significance.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XIV, 342 pages)
ISBN:9780230251335
DOI:10.1057/9780230251335