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Peter Maurice Worsley (6 May 1924 – 15 March 2013) was a noted British sociologist and social anthropologist. He was a major figure in both anthropology and sociology, and is noted for introducing the term Third World into English. He not only made theoretical and ethnographic contributions, but also was regarded as a key founding member of the New Left.[1][2]

  1. ^ Peel, JDY (2013) Peter Worsley obituary: Sociologist who did much to define the idea of a 'third world', The Guardian, Thursday 28 March (Accessed April 2013)
  2. ^ Peter Worsley: A Life, interviewed by Alan Macfarlane (Accessed April 2013)

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Press, 1981. Worsley, Peter. The trumpet shall sound: a study of "cargo" cults in Melanesia, London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1957. Worsley, Peter. "Cargo Cults"...

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(CC copyright). The site also includes an article on the journal's history by Peter Worsley, assisted by Dorothy Thompson (historian) and Stuart Hall....

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Social Anthropology's paradigm began to fragment as Max Gluckman and Peter Worsley experimented with Marxism and authors such as Rodney Needham and Edmund...

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Frank Arthur Worsley DSO* OBE RD (22 February 1872 – 1 February 1943) was a New Zealand sailor and explorer who served on Ernest Shackleton's Imperial...

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doubt has been cast upon the Thames origin of these deposits. See: Peter Worsley, 2016, A reconsideration of the origin of the early Pleistocene ‘Pebble...

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Manchester Museum

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collected pottery, masks and ritual regalia in Nigeria in 1956 and Peter Worsley collected basketry and other items from the Wanindiljaugwa people of...

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Bibliography of anthropology

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Agricultural Involution: The Processes of Ecological Change in Indonesia, 1963 Peter Worsley, The Third World, 1964 Max Gluckman, Politics, Law and Ritual in Tribal...

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footballer. Marcel van Cleemput, 86, French-born British toy designer. Peter Worsley, 88, British sociologist. Felipe Zetter, 89, Mexican footballer (Club...

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2013 in the United Kingdom

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Academic offices Preceded by T.H. Marshall President of the British Sociological Association 1969–1971 Succeeded by Peter Worsley...

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Worsley Alumina comprises a bauxite mine located near the town of Boddington and an Alumina refinery located near Worsley. Ore is mined then transported...

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