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In this classic book, Taussig explores the social significance of the devil in the folklore of contemporary plantation workers and miners in South America. A new chapter for this anniversary edition features a discussion of Walter Benjamin and Georges Bataille that extends some of the ideas discusse...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Taussig, Michael T.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill [N.C.] : University of North Carolina Press, ©2010.
Edición:30th anniversary ed. /
Temas:
Economic development > Social aspects > Case studies.
Plantations > Colombia > Cauca River Valley.
Tin mines and mining > Bolivia.
Superstition > Case studies.
Plantations > Colombie > Cauca, Vallée du.
Superstitions > Études de cas.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Structural Adjustment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Economic development > Social aspects
Plantations
Superstition
Tin mines and mining
Bolivia
Colombia > Cauca River Valley
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:In this classic book, Taussig explores the social significance of the devil in the folklore of contemporary plantation workers and miners in South America. A new chapter for this anniversary edition features a discussion of Walter Benjamin and Georges Bataille that extends some of the ideas discussed in the original text.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvii, 296 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-287) and index.
ISBN:9780807898413
0807898414
9781469604237
146960423X

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