History and the people without Europe / John Davis -- Making history in southern Italy / Thomas Hauschild -- The gods of the Gentiles are demons : the problem of pagan survivals in European culture / João de Pina-Cabral -- Segmentation and politics in the European nation-state : making sense of political events / Michael Herzfeld -- Dual histories : a Mediterranean problem / Anne Knudsen -- Uchronia and the two histories of Iceland, 1400-1800 / Kirsten Hastrup -- Reflections on 'making history' / Anton Blok
Summary
Explores the nature of history and assesses the position of history within social anthropology. Using historical and ethnographic material, the contributors show how cultural concepts act as forces of historical causation
