Political economy introduced questions of history and colonialism to ahistorical anthropological theories of social structure and culture.
pəlˈɪɾɪkəl ɪkˈɑːnəmi ˌɪntɹədˈuːst kwˈɛstʃənz ʌv hˈɪstɚɹi ænd kˈɑːloʊnˌɪəlˌɪzəm tʊ ˌæhɪstˈɔːɹɪkəl ˌænθɹəpəlˈɑːdʒɪkəl θˈiəɹiz ʌv sˈoʊʃəl stɹˈʌktʃɚ ænd kˈʌltʃɚ.