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Ted C. Lewellen

1940 – 2006

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Lived 1940 – 2006 (aged 65–66). Ted C. Lewellen was an American anthropologist and university teacher.

Theodore "Ted" Charles Lewelllen (June 26, 1940 – April 30, 2006) was Professor of Anthropology at the University of Richmond. He received his B.A. from Alaska Methodist University, his M.A. from New York University, and his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado Boulder in 1977, with a thesis on "The Aymara in transition : economy and religion in a Peruvian peasant community".

He has done field work in Peru and Nicaragua and is the author of four books, some of which have been translated into Korean, French, Spanish, and Italian. and about 20 articles. His best known are The Anthropology of Globalization (2002), and his textbook, Political Anthropology: an Introduction, which has gone into three editions.

He served in the United States Army from 1964 to 1966 and was in the 11th Air Assault Division in Fort Benning, Georgia.

Works Books Lewellen, Ted C. Political Anthropology: An Introduction. 3rd ed. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger, 2003. Lewellen, Ted C. Political Anthropology: An Introduction. 2d ed South Hadley, Massachusetts: Bergin & Garvey. 1983. According to WorldCat, held in 791 libraries Review by John A Wiseman in Man , September, 1985, volume 20, number 3, pages 576–577 Review by George D Westermark; in Anthropological Quarterly, April, 1985, volume 58, number 2, pages 86–87 Spanish translation: Lewellen, Ted C. Introducción a la antropología política. Barcelona: Bellaterra, 1985. OCLC 434641428 Italian translation, Lewellen, Ted C. Antropologia politica. Bologna: Il Mulino, 1995. Korean Translation: 류웰린 원저 ; 한 경구, 임 봉길 공역. 한 경구. 임 봉길. ; Ted C Lewellen; Kyŏng-gu Han; Pong-gil Im / Lewellen, Ted C., Kyŏng-gu Han, and Pong-gil Im. 정치 인류학 / Chŏngchʻi illyuhak. Sŏul Tʻŭkpyŏlsi: Ilchogak, 1998. Lewellen, Ted C. The Anthropology of Globalization: Cultural Anthropology Enters the 21st Century. Westport, Conn: Bergin & Garvey, 2002. According to WorldCat, held in 1261 libraries Review by Don Kalb; American Anthropologist, June, 2004, volume 106, number 2, pages 413–414

Lewellen, Ted C. Dependency and Development: An Introduction to the Third World. Westport, Connecticut: Bergin & Garvey, 1995. Review by James W Vining; The Journal of Developing Areas, April, 1996, volume 30, number 3, pages 394–395 Review by Kenneth P Jameson Economic development and cultural change. 46, number 3, (1998): page 644 Review by James W Vining The Journal of Developing Areas. 30, number 3, (1996): page 394

Lewellen, Ted C. Peasants in Transition: The Changing Economy of the Peruvian Aymara : a General Systems Approach. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1978. Review by Hans C Buechler;Man, December, 1979, volume 14, number 4, pages 762–763

peer-reviewed articles (partial list): Lewellen, Ted C. "Holy and Unholy Alliances: The Politics of Catholicism in Revolutionary Nicaragua." Journal of Church and State. Volume 31, number 1 (winter 1989). pages 15–33 Lewellen, Ted C. 1990. "State Terror and the Disruption of Internal Adaptations by CIA Covert Actions". Scandinavian Journal of Development Alternatives. -. 923: pages 47–65. Lewellen, Ted C. 1986. "The Lie File: The Political Manipulation of Central American Data by the Reagan Administration, 1981-1984". Scandinavian Journal of Development Alternatives. -. 51: pages 29–49. Lewellen, Ted C. 1979. "Deviant Religion and Cultural Evolution: The Aymara Case". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 18, number 3:. Lewellen, Ted C., et al. 1981. "Aggression and Hypoglycemia in the Andes: Another Look at the Evidence [and Comments and Replies]". Current Anthropology. 22, number 4: pages 347–361. Lewellen, Ted C. 1997 "Tropical Deforestation: The Human Dimension:" American Anthropologist, volume 99 number 3 (199709): pages 643–643

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1940, Redding
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New York University, University of Colorado
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American writer (1940–2006)

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Ted C. Lewellen was born in 1940 in Redding.

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Ted C. Lewellen died on 30 April 2006.

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Ted C. Lewellen was an anthropologist and university teacher.

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