Research areas
His research interests have focused on the peasantries who live along the waterways of the Amazon river and its tributaries. His monograph, Life on the Amazon looked at questions of peasant social life and their history in the region and beyond. His second monograph, Rebellion on the Amazon, usesÌýarchival documents in Brazil, Portugal and Britain to study a peasant insurgency in the Amazon in the 1830s. His wider interests include ethnohistory; ecological anthropology; knowledge in and methodology of the social sciences; the practice of teaching and learning.
Selected publications
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Harris, M., 13 Sept 2010, New York: Cambridge University Press. 352 p. (Cambridge Latin American Series; no. 95)
Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Harris, M., 2000, Oxford University Press. 236 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Harris, M., 2007, Berghahn. 340 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Harris, M., Jun 2005, In: Ethnos. 70, 2, p. 197-219 23 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Harris, M., Sept 2008, In: Revista do Instituto dos Estudos Brasileiros. 47, p. 29-55
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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