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Chiefdoms - Power, Economy, and Ideology (Paperback, New Ed) Loot Price: R1,458
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Chiefdoms - Power, Economy, and Ideology (Paperback, New Ed): Timothy K Earle

Chiefdoms - Power, Economy, and Ideology (Paperback, New Ed)

Timothy K Earle

Series: School of American Research Advanced Seminars

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The study of chiefdoms has moved from a preoccupation with their formal characteristics to a concern with their dynamics as political institutions. The contributors are interested in how ruling elites retain power through control over production and exchange, and then legitimize that control through an elaborated ideology. The ten case studies look at particular chiefdoms, originating in specific historical conditions. Despite obvious differences between the chiefdoms, certain common underlying processes are revealed. The collection recognizes how complex and interdependent are the sources of power in society, as well as the forces of instability that constantly threaten to tear it apart.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: School of American Research Advanced Seminars
Release date: July 1997
First published: 1991
Editors: Timothy K Earle
Dimensions: 232 x 154 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 356
Edition: New Ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-44896-3
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
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LSN: 0-521-44896-4
Barcode: 9780521448963

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