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(1930-2021) Author, anthropologist. Marshall D. Sahlins was born in and died in Chicago, Illinois.

Full Name

Marshall D. Sahlins

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1930

BIRTH

Marshall David Sahlins was born in Chicago, Illinois, on December 27, 1930.

1954

OTHER

Mr. Sahlins received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in Manhattan, New York, in 1954.

1976

LITWORK

Culture and Practical Reason
Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press
9780226733616
Nonfiction.

1981

LITWORK

Historical Metaphors and Mythical Realities: Structure in the Early History of the Sandwich Islands Kingdom
Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press
9780472027217
Nonfiction.

1985

LITWORK

Islands of History
University of Chicago Press
0226733572 / 978-0226733579
Nonfiction.

1995

LITWORK

How 'Natives' Think: About Captain Cook, for Example
University of Chicago Press
0226733688 / 978-0226733685
Nonfiction.

2000

LITWORK

Culture in Practice: Selected Essays
New York, NY: Zone Books
9780942299380
Collection of essays.

2002

LITWORK

Waiting for Foucault, Still
Chicago, IL: Prickly Paradigm Press
9780971757509
Nonfiction.

2004

LITWORK

Apologies to Thucydides: Understanding History as Culture and Vice Versa
Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press
9780226734002
Nonfiction.

2008

LITWORK

The Western Illusion of Human Nature
Chicago, IL: Prickly Paradigm Press
9780979405723
Nonfiction.

2012

LITWORK

What Kinship Is--and Is Not
Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press
0226925129 / 978-0226925127
Nonfiction.

2015

LITWORK

Confucius Institutes: Academic Malware
Chicago, IL: Prickly Paradigm Press
9780984201082
Nonfiction.

2021

DEATH

Marshall D. Sahlins died at his home in Chicago, Illinois, on April 5, 2021.

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