I know a lot of people respect David Landes, but he strikes me as very burdened by the prejudices of his generation
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On Incas, e.g.: "The Indians seem to have been patient and obedient, but recourse to alcoholic beverages and drugs is always a bad sign."
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Landes: "Some of this may be blamed on what we would see as loveless child rearing: the baby was never held, even for nursing."
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Landes: "In any event, the culture deprived the ordinary person of initiative, autonomy, and personality.”
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@PatrickIber will U let me say Landes is trying 2 understand Inca massive collective mobilization to serve very sharp societal pyramid?1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
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@delong I don't particularly care for the way he ascribes personality characteristics to nations, it's old-fashioned1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@delong I learn from Landes, I'm not trying to dismiss him as a racist hack or something like that; your approach as I recall seems better1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@PatrickIber I would agree that W&PoN not as good as UP, B&P, or RiT…2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@delong @PatrickIber Revolution in Time is good, yes. My comments were aimed at locating DL's ideological point of view
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