Plantation Knowledge

Plantation KnowledgeThe first book to examine plantations in their global variations through the history of knowledge. Few institutions feature as prominently in contemporary notions of colonialism, racism, and environmental degradation as the modern plantation. The racialized plantations of the Atlantic World loom large in the public imagination, namely those of the British Caribbean and the US South. Yet, the plantation has proliferated into the Information Age and has

to make a way in this questionable age

surprisingly little has been published in English on the development of anthropology in East and Southeast Asia and its relationship to the rest of the academic "world-system

depending on the political agendas that inform the heritage-making process

a famous Sufi text by Jāmī

and offer creative ways of using cross-cultural collaboration

we have seen social movements develop spontaneously around the globe propelling thousands and

and field notes

the arrival of Eastern European immigrants

and behavioral health and health disparities in the United States

“May these letters now serve to interest and enlighten those others who would know what has not before been published

These include toleration

Based on a close reading of Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu’s extant films