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Development is a Storm Called Progress

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Eric B Ross


In the late eighties, I taught human ecology at the University of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire. Huddersfield was a dreary…More










































































































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A View of the National Health Service

Beyond Medicine for Profit I moved to Britain in 1980. By the time I settled into Bayswater in central London…More










































































































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Knock

Knock

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Eric B. Ross


The Political Ecology of a Religious “Miracle” In the wake of the great Irish famine of the 1840s, the continuing…More










































































































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Populist Peasant Studies

Populist Peasant Studies

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Eric B. Ross


The Life and Legacy of Ernest Feder Ernest Feder, the author of Strawberry Imperialism, Rape of the Peasantry and Perverse…More










































































































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McCarthyism, Intellectual Exile and the Unfinished Legacy of Daniel Thorner

In 1952, a 37-year old economic historian named Daniel Thorner, his wife Alice and their small children, sailed for India. …More










































































































Posted in October, Opinion | Tagged | 1 Response
Modernization and the Myth of Vicos

  “Controlled Change” as Counterinsurgency in 1950s Peru In the late 1940s, Cornell anthropologists, led by young Yale-trained anthropologist Allan…More










































































































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