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Marshall Sahlins

Marshall David Sahlins (born December 27, 1930) is an American anthropologist best known for his ethnographic work in the Pacific and for his contributions to anthropological theory. He is currently Charles F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and of Social Sciences at the University of Chicago.

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American anthropologist (1930-2021)

Born	27 December 1930
Died	5 April 2021

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Stone Age economics

by Marshall Sahlins First published in 1972 — 28 editions

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How "natives" think: about Captain Cook, for example

by Marshall Sahlins First published in 1995 — 3 editions

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Social stratification in Polynesia.

by Marshall Sahlins First published in 1958 — 3 editions

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Anahulu: the anthropology of history in the Kingdom of Hawaii

by Patrick Vinton Kirch and Marshall Sahlins First published in 1992 — 3 editions

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The Tanner lectures on human values.

by Grethe B. Peterson, Ruth Reichl, James Q. Wilson, Marshall Sahlins, and David Brion Davis First published in 1998 — 3 editions
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The Western Illusion of Human Nature: With Reflections on the Long History of Hierarchy, Equality and the Sublimation of Anarchy in the West, and Comparative ... on Other Conceptions of the Human Condition

by Marshall Sahlins and Marshall Sahlins First published in 2008 — 2 editions

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Tribesmen (Foundations of Modern Anthropology)

by Marshall Sahlins First published in 1968 — 2 editions

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Waiting for Foucault

by Marshall Sahlins First published in 1993 — 2 editions

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Social stratification in Polynesia: a study of adaptive variation in culture

by Marshall Sahlins First published in 1954 — 2 editions

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Historical metaphors and mythical realities: structure in the early history of the Sandwich Islands kingdom

by Marshall Sahlins First published in 1981 — 2 editions
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Moala: culture and nature on a Fijian island.

by Marshall Sahlins First published in 1962 — 2 editions
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Tribesmen. --

by Marshall Sahlins First published in 1968 — 2 editions
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Tribesmen (Foundations of Modern Anthropology)

by Marshall Sahlins First published in 1968 — 2 editions

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Culture and Practical Reason

by Marshall Sahlins First published in 1978 — 2 editions

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Islands of History

by Marshall Sahlins First published in 1987 — 2 editions

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New Science of the Enchanted Universe: An Anthropology of Most of Humanity

by Marshall Sahlins First published in 2022 — 2 editions

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On Kings

by Marshall Sahlins and David Graeber First published in 2017 — 2 editions

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What Kinship Is-And Is Not

by Marshall Sahlins First published in 2013 — 2 editions

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Culture and practical reason

by Marshall Sahlins First published in 1976 — 2 editions

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The use and abuse of biology: an anthropological critique of sociobiology

by Marshall Sahlins First published in 1976 — 2 editions
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American anthropologist (1930-2021)

Born	27 December 1930
Died	5 April 2021

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OLID: OL586630A
ISNI: 0000000081731278
Library of Congress Names: n50016277
LibraryThing: sahlinsmarshall
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV011722
VIAF: 108302555
Wikidata: Q345300
Inventaire.io: wd:Q345300

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Marshall D. Sahlins
Marshall David Sahlins
Sahlins, Marshall David, 1930-
Marshal Sahlins
Sahlins
M. D. Sahlins
M. Sahlins

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Marshall Sahlins