This book is based on a fundamental conviction: the study of society cannot be undertaken without considering the weight of history and separations between disciplines in academics need to be bridged for the benefit of knowledge. It describes the complex attempts to transcend this separation.

Alexandre Coello de la Rosa is Senior Professor of Asian and Latin American Studies at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain).

Josep Lluís Mateo Dieste is Serra Hunter Associated Professor in the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Introduction 1. Anthropology and History: Uncomfortable Dance Partners 2. Historical-Anthropological 'Masters of Thought' 3. Epistemologies and Methods 4. Colonial Systems of Power and Domination 5. Systems of Classification and Social Exclusion. Epilogue: The Dilemma of Multiculturalism