This book offers a critique of the all pervasive Western notion that other communities often live in a timeless present. Who Needs the Past? provides first-hand

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Scholars who investigate race—a label based upon real or perceived physical differences—realize that they face a formidable task. The concept has been conte

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This volume provides a forum for debate between varied approaches to the past. The authors, drawn from Europe, North America, Asia and Australasia, represent ma