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Anthropology

Louisiana State University

Faculty Publications

2015

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Dreaming Of Dry Land: Environmental Transformation In Colonial Mexico City, Andrew Sluyter Jan 2015

Dreaming Of Dry Land: Environmental Transformation In Colonial Mexico City, Andrew Sluyter

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No abstract provided.


African Cowboys On The Argentine Pampas: Their Disappearance From The Historical Record, Andrew Sluyter Jan 2015

African Cowboys On The Argentine Pampas: Their Disappearance From The Historical Record, Andrew Sluyter

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No abstract provided.


Economies Of Violence, John Protevi Jan 2015

Economies Of Violence, John Protevi

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I discuss "economies of violence," comparing non-state (acephalic forager bands and horticultural chiefdoms) and state societies. Capital punishment and tolerated personal revenge in forager bands is both anti-war and anti-state, while some chiefdoms practice war as an anti-state practice.