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Confronting Historical Paradigms: Peasants, Labor, And The Capitalist World System by Frederick Cooper

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Book by Cooper, Frederick, Isaacman, Allen F.

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First published April 1, 1993

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Frederick Cooper

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Frederick Cooper is an American historian who specializes in colonialization, decolonialization, and African history. Cooper received his Doctor of Philosophy from Yale University in 1974 and is currently professor of history at New York University.

Cooper initially studied the labor movement in East Africa, but later moved on the a broader consideration of colonialism. One of his best known conceptual contributions is the concept of the gatekeeper state.

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