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Bernard S. Cohn (1928–2003)

Author of Colonialism and Its Forms of Knowledge

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Works by Bernard S. Cohn

Colonialism and Its Forms of Knowledge (1996) 91 copies

An Anthropologist among the Historians and Other Essays (1988) 33 copies

India: the social anthropology of a civilization (1971) 17 copies

The Bernard Cohn Omnibus (2004) 11 copies

Notes on the History of the Study of Indian Society and Culture 1 copy

Associated Works

The Invention of Tradition (1983) — Contributor — 906 copies

The New History: The 1980s and Beyond (1983) — Contributor — 12 copies

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Canonical name: Cohn, Bernard S.
Other names: Cohn, Barney
Birthdate: 1928-05-13
Date of death: 2003-11-25
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Place of death: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (BA|History)
Cornell University (Ph.D.|anthropology)
Occupations: anthropologist
professor
Organizations: University of Chicago
Awards and honors: Fulbright Fellowship (1952)

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Works: 5
Also by: 2
Members: 153
Popularity: #136,480
Rating: 3.9

ISBNs: 11

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