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Trevor W Purcell

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ID638336
NAMETrevor W Purcell
GIVEN NAMESTrevor W
FAMILY NAMEPurcell
SIGNATUREPURCELL T W
AFFILIATIONSReed College
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS23
AUTHOR COUNT11
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1984
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2001
H-INDEX2
  • Putting Race Back in History: History and Discourse in Studies of Diaspora Blacks

    Open Access•Trevor W Purcell•ARTICLE•Transforming Anthropology•2001•Cited by: 1

    Disparate Dia.sporas: Identity and Politics in an African-Nicaraguan Community. Edmund T. Gordon. New Interpretations of Latin America. Austin: University of Texas Press. Institute of Latin American Studies, 1998. xiv. 330 pp. (Cloth US$35.00; Paper USS 15.95) Panama's Poor: Victims, Agents, and Historymakers. Gloria Rudolf. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. 1999. xiii. 298 pp., 17 tables. maps. (Cloth USS49.95) Racism in. Racial Democrac…

  • Public Anthropology: An Idea Searching for a Reality

    Open Access•Trevor W Purcell•ARTICLE•Transforming Anthropology•2000•Cited by: 11

  • Indigenous Knowledge and Applied Anthropology: Questions of Definition and Direction

    Trevor Purcell, Trevor W Purcell•ARTICLE•Human Organization•1998

    The word indigenous has been used to refer to specific groups of people defined by the criteria of ancestral territory, collective cultural configuration, and historical location in relation to the expansion of Europe. Since the 1980s, however, the term has evolved beyond its specific empirical reference. Combined with the term knowledge, it has come to signify a social science perspective as well as a philosophical and ideological position that …

  • Banana Fallout: Class, Color, and Culture among West Indians in Costa Rica

    Philip A Dennis, Trevor W Purcell•ARTICLE•Ethnohistory•1996

  • Banana Fallout. Class, Color and Culture among West Indians in Costa Rica

    Anthony P Maingot, Trevor W Purcell•ARTICLE•International Migration Review•1994•Cited by: 1

  • The Black Experience

    Open Access•Trevor W Purcell•ARTICLE•Anthropology News•1993

  • Democracy and ethnic conflict: Blacks in Costa Rica

    Trevor W Purcell, Kathleen Sawyers•ARTICLE•Ethnic and Racial Studies•1993•Cited by: 6•References: 33

    In the study of ethnicity there is a tendency to view ethnic groups as homogeneous wholes in competition for entitlement. This has led to the assumption that ethnicity, based on ascription, is in conflict with democracy, which is premised on the universal ideal of individual achievement. The conflict is said to constitute a collision between birth and choice. This article examines black mobilization in Costa Rica and argues that Costa Rica's ideo…

  • Structural Transformation and Social Inequality in a Plural Society: The Case of Limon, Costa Rica

    Trevor Purcell, Trevor W Purcell•ARTICLE•Caribbean Quarterly•1987•Cited by: 2•References: 16

  • Dependency and Responsibility: A View from West Indians in Costa Rica

    Trevor W Purcell•ARTICLE•Caribbean Quarterly•1985•Cited by: 2•References: 3

  • Last of the Karaphuna. 1984. Produced and directed by Philip Thorneycrqft Teuscher

    Open Access•Trevor W Purcell•ARTICLE•American Anthropologist•1985

  • Caribbean Migrants: Environment and Human Survival on St. Kitts and Nevis

    Trevor W Purcell, Bonham C Richardson•ARTICLE•Hispanic American Historical Review•1984

  • Public Anthropology: An Idea Searching for a Reality

    Open Access•Trevor W Purcell•ARTICLE•Transforming Anthropology•2000•Cited by: 11

  • Democracy and ethnic conflict: Blacks in Costa Rica

    Trevor W Purcell, Kathleen Sawyers•ARTICLE•Ethnic and Racial Studies•1993•Cited by: 6•References: 33

    In the study of ethnicity there is a tendency to view ethnic groups as homogeneous wholes in competition for entitlement. This has led to the assumption that ethnicity, based on ascription, is in conflict with democracy, which is premised on the universal ideal of individual achievement. The conflict is said to constitute a collision between birth and choice. This article examines black mobilization in Costa Rica and argues that Costa Rica's ideo…

  • Structural Transformation and Social Inequality in a Plural Society: The Case of Limon, Costa Rica

    Trevor Purcell, Trevor W Purcell•ARTICLE•Caribbean Quarterly•1987•Cited by: 2•References: 16

  • Dependency and Responsibility: A View from West Indians in Costa Rica

    Trevor W Purcell•ARTICLE•Caribbean Quarterly•1985•Cited by: 2•References: 3

  • Putting Race Back in History: History and Discourse in Studies of Diaspora Blacks

    Open Access•Trevor W Purcell•ARTICLE•Transforming Anthropology•2001•Cited by: 1

    Disparate Dia.sporas: Identity and Politics in an African-Nicaraguan Community. Edmund T. Gordon. New Interpretations of Latin America. Austin: University of Texas Press. Institute of Latin American Studies, 1998. xiv. 330 pp. (Cloth US$35.00; Paper USS 15.95) Panama's Poor: Victims, Agents, and Historymakers. Gloria Rudolf. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. 1999. xiii. 298 pp., 17 tables. maps. (Cloth USS49.95) Racism in. Racial Democrac…

  • Banana Fallout. Class, Color and Culture among West Indians in Costa Rica

    Anthony P Maingot, Trevor W Purcell•ARTICLE•International Migration Review•1994•Cited by: 1

  • Caribbean Migrants: Environment and Human Survival on St. Kitts and Nevis

    Trevor W Purcell, Bonham C Richardson•ARTICLE•Hispanic American Historical Review•1984

  • Dependency and Responsibility: A View from West Indians in Costa Rica

    Trevor W Purcell•ARTICLE•Caribbean Quarterly•1985•Cited by: 2•References: 3

  • Last of the Karaphuna. 1984. Produced and directed by Philip Thorneycrqft Teuscher

    Open Access•Trevor W Purcell•ARTICLE•American Anthropologist•1985

  • Structural Transformation and Social Inequality in a Plural Society: The Case of Limon, Costa Rica

    Trevor Purcell, Trevor W Purcell•ARTICLE•Caribbean Quarterly•1987•Cited by: 2•References: 16

  • The Black Experience

    Open Access•Trevor W Purcell•ARTICLE•Anthropology News•1993

  • Democracy and ethnic conflict: Blacks in Costa Rica

    Trevor W Purcell, Kathleen Sawyers•ARTICLE•Ethnic and Racial Studies•1993•Cited by: 6•References: 33

    In the study of ethnicity there is a tendency to view ethnic groups as homogeneous wholes in competition for entitlement. This has led to the assumption that ethnicity, based on ascription, is in conflict with democracy, which is premised on the universal ideal of individual achievement. The conflict is said to constitute a collision between birth and choice. This article examines black mobilization in Costa Rica and argues that Costa Rica's ideo…

  • Banana Fallout. Class, Color and Culture among West Indians in Costa Rica

    Anthony P Maingot, Trevor W Purcell•ARTICLE•International Migration Review•1994•Cited by: 1

  • Banana Fallout: Class, Color, and Culture among West Indians in Costa Rica

    Philip A Dennis, Trevor W Purcell•ARTICLE•Ethnohistory•1996

  • Indigenous Knowledge and Applied Anthropology: Questions of Definition and Direction

    Trevor Purcell, Trevor W Purcell•ARTICLE•Human Organization•1998

    The word indigenous has been used to refer to specific groups of people defined by the criteria of ancestral territory, collective cultural configuration, and historical location in relation to the expansion of Europe. Since the 1980s, however, the term has evolved beyond its specific empirical reference. Combined with the term knowledge, it has come to signify a social science perspective as well as a philosophical and ideological position that …

  • Public Anthropology: An Idea Searching for a Reality

    Open Access•Trevor W Purcell•ARTICLE•Transforming Anthropology•2000•Cited by: 11

  • Putting Race Back in History: History and Discourse in Studies of Diaspora Blacks

    Open Access•Trevor W Purcell•ARTICLE•Transforming Anthropology•2001•Cited by: 1

    Disparate Dia.sporas: Identity and Politics in an African-Nicaraguan Community. Edmund T. Gordon. New Interpretations of Latin America. Austin: University of Texas Press. Institute of Latin American Studies, 1998. xiv. 330 pp. (Cloth US$35.00; Paper USS 15.95) Panama's Poor: Victims, Agents, and Historymakers. Gloria Rudolf. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. 1999. xiii. 298 pp., 17 tables. maps. (Cloth USS49.95) Racism in. Racial Democrac…

Sociology (8 works) · History (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · History (5 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Citation (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Ethnology (3 works) · Indigenous Studies and Ecology (3 works) · Library science (3 works)

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