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The Evolution of Urban Society - Early Mesopotamia and Prehispanic Mexico (Hardcover)
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The Evolution of Urban Society - Early Mesopotamia and Prehispanic Mexico (Hardcover)
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The Evolution of Urban Societyis concerned with the presentation
and analysis of regularities in the two best-documented examples of
early, independent urban society: Mesopotamia and central Mexico.
It provides a systematic comparison of institutional forms and
trends of growth that are to be found in both of them. Emphasizing
basic similarities in structure rather than the many acknowledged
formal features by which each culture is rendered distinguishable
from all others, it demonstrates that both societies can usefully
be regarded as variants of a single process.Generalizing,
comparative analyses of the origins of ancient civilizations in
early anthropological studies emphasized the diversity of their
cultures rather than their similarities. As this volume
illustrates, early societies, in actuality, provide a significant
example of broad regularities in human behavior. The emergence of
states - of stratified, politically organized societies based upon
a complex division of labor - is one of those great transformations
that have punctuated human civilization. Adams shows why the study
of societal evolution is so significant, and why it has remained a
durable and attractive anthropological focus of interest.Originally
published in 1966, The Evolution of Urban Society is based on a
series of lectures at the University of Rochester in honor of the
esteemed anthropologist Lewis Henry Morgan. It remains required
reading for students of anthropology, ethnography, ancient
civilizations, and world history. As Elizabeth Carter noted in
Science at the time: "Adams's The Evolution of Urban Society set
the agenda for contemporary research into early urbanism in the
[Mesopotamian] region."
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
July 2017 |
First published: |
1966 |
Authors: |
Robert McC. Adams
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
203 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-138-53554-1 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-138-53554-0 |
Barcode: |
9781138535541 |
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