Quote of the day
The dependence of one people upon another, even for the benefits of legislation, is the deepest source of national weakness.
Eric Wolf

Born: February 1, 1923
Died: March 6, 1999 (aged 76)
Bio: Eric Robert Wolf was an anthropologist, best known for his studies of peasants, Latin America, and his advocacy of Marxist perspectives within anthropology.
Known for:
- Europe and the People Without History (1982)
- Envisioning power (1999)
- Peasant Wars of the Twentieth Century (1969)
- Pathways of Power
- Sons of the shaking earth (1959)
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