Elizabeth Colson

12.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Elizabeth Colson is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Elizabeth Colson has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 12 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 11 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Elizabeth Colson's work include Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (9 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (8 papers) and African history and culture analysis (6 papers). Elizabeth Colson is often cited by papers focused on Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (9 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (8 papers) and African history and culture analysis (6 papers). Elizabeth Colson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Elizabeth Colson's co-authors include Clifford Geertz, Thayer Scudder, Charles Fisher, Max Gluckman, Stuart A. Marks, John O’Neill, Ruth Landes, Armand Mattelart, Lucy Mair and Samuel J. Clark and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

Elizabeth Colson

66 papers receiving 5.1k citations

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The Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essays.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elizabeth Colson United States	24	3.0k	917	783	770	534	76	6.7k
E. E. Evans‐Pritchard United Kingdom	22	2.5k 0.9×	745 0.8×	1.2k 1.5×	723 0.9×	400 0.7×	112	5.5k
Henri Lefebvre France	26	5.3k 1.8×	687 0.7×	858 1.1×	1.7k 2.2×	593 1.1×	118	11.8k
Alasdair MacIntyre United States	35	3.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.3×	395 0.5×	1.5k 2.0×	949 1.8×	184	9.2k
Robert Ν. Bellah United States	36	5.3k 1.8×	967 1.1×	409 0.5×	1.5k 1.9×	562 1.1×	138	8.8k
Richard K. Fenn United States	11	4.6k 1.5×	1.5k 1.6×	1.1k 1.4×	1.1k 1.5×	745 1.4×	45	10.8k
Norbert Elias United States	41	5.4k 1.8×	459 0.5×	473 0.6×	1.0k 1.3×	536 1.0×	146	8.4k
Michaël Gilsenan United States	17	2.3k 0.8×	370 0.4×	737 0.9×	720 0.9×	241 0.5×	36	4.5k
Alfred Schütz United States	28	3.9k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	340 0.4×	628 0.8×	780 1.5×	77	9.4k
Dorothy E. Smith Canada	34	4.7k 1.6×	1.3k 1.4×	376 0.5×	961 1.2×	1.2k 2.3×	72	9.1k
Joseph R. Gusfield United States	35	4.0k 1.3×	556 0.6×	237 0.3×	1.8k 2.3×	661 1.2×	104	7.2k

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Colson, Elizabeth. (2011). Resilience as a Way of Life in Gwembe Valley. 1 indexed citations

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Colson, Elizabeth. (2008). Defining “the Manchester School of Anthropology”The Manchester School: Practice and Ethnographic Praxis in Anthropology. Edited by T. M. S. Elvers and Don Handelman. New York: Berghahn, 2006.. Current Anthropology. 49(2). 335–337. 3 indexed citations

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Colson, Elizabeth. (2000). The Father as Witch. Africa. 70(3). 333–358. 27 indexed citations

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Colson, Elizabeth. (1997). Places of Power and Shrines of the Land. Paideuma. 43. 47–57. 15 indexed citations

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Colson, Elizabeth, et al.. (1990). For Prayer and Profit: The Ritual, Economic and Social Importance of Beer in Gwembe District, Zambia, 1950-1982.. Man. 25(1). 161–161. 58 indexed citations

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Colson, Elizabeth. (1989). Overview. Annual Review of Anthropology. 18(1). 1–16.

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Colson, Elizabeth. (1985). Using Anthropology in a World on the Move. Human Organization. 44(3). 191–196. 15 indexed citations

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Colson, Elizabeth. (1976). Culture and Progress. DISTINGUISHED LECTURE‐1975. American Anthropologist. 78(2). 261–271. 9 indexed citations

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Hirst, Martin, Max Gluckman, G. Kingsley Garbett, et al.. (1973). ‘Town and Country in Central and Eastern Africa’. Africa. 43(1). 72–72. 9 indexed citations

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Colson, Elizabeth. (1971). social consequences of resettlement. 11 indexed citations

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Colson, Elizabeth. (1969). Spirit possession among the Tonga of Zambia. 69–103. 9 indexed citations

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Colson, Elizabeth. (1968). The Material Culture of the Peoples of the Gwembe Valley. Barrie Reynolds. American Anthropologist. 70(6). 1204–1205. 1 indexed citations

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Colson, Elizabeth, et al.. (1965). Marketing of Cattle Among Plateau Tonga. 42–50. 1 indexed citations

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Colson, Elizabeth. (1964). Social Change and the Gwembe Tonga. 1–13. 4 indexed citations

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Colson, Elizabeth. (1955). Plateau Tonga Diet. 24. 51–67. 1 indexed citations

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Colson, Elizabeth. (1954). The Tonga and the Shortage of Implements. 14. 37–38. 1 indexed citations

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Colson, Elizabeth. (1953). Social Control and Vengeance in Plateau Tonga Society. Africa. 23(3). 199–212. 64 indexed citations

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Colson, Elizabeth. (1951). Residence and Village Stability Among the Plateau Tonga. 12. 41–67. 6 indexed citations

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Colson, Elizabeth. (1951). The Role of Cattle Among the Plateau Tonga. 11. 10–46. 7 indexed citations

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Colson, Elizabeth, et al.. (1951). Mandan Social and Ceremonial Organization. British Journal of Sociology. 2(4). 376–376. 60 indexed citations

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