More recent approaches in historical anthropology, while sharing an interest in power with world-system theorists, have focused more on

A. local agency, the transformative actions of individuals and groups within colonized societies.
B. the structural causes of colonialism.
C. how anthropological theory can aid NGOs in writing an alternate history of oppressed peoples.
D. the state's role in denying some of its citizens a place in history.
E. the role of colonial bureaucracies in shaping international culture.


Answer: A

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