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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Palgrave Macmillan UK
2010, 2010
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| Series: | Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| 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 |
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| Physical Description: | XIV, 342 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780230251335 |