Key terms/concepts for exam from Chapter 3
• Band
• Chiefdom
• Capitalism
• Colonialism
• Decolonization
• Globalization
• Historical particularism
• Imperialism
• Neocolonialism
• Political economy
• Social structure
• State
• Structural-functional theory
• tribe
• Unilineal cultural evolutionism
• “White man’s burden”
The Roots of Canadian Anthropology
• Sir Daniel Wilson studied Native peoples as “windows into pre-historic European past.”
• Thomas McIlwraith provided greater context for the experiences of native peoples
• A.G.Bailey was known for his ethnographic work and the development of American-Indian
ethnohistory
• The three major in uences on Canadian anthropology were the American, British, and French
Capitalism, Colonialism, and the Emergence of “The Field”
• Colonialism: the cultural domination of a people by larger, wealthier powers
• Imperialism: a system in which one country controls other, less powerful territories through
colonization, often augmented my military force
• Capitalism: an economic system dominated by a supply and demand market designed to
create capital and pro t
- The key metaphor of capitalism according to Wolf is the conversion of “land, labour,
and wealth into commodities (i.e., goods produced not for use but for sale”)
- The West did not invent commercial activity, but capitalism damaged traditional
socioeconomic structures in colonized societies
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