Chiefdoms : Power, Economy, and Ideology

Name: Chiefdoms
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521401906
Price: 10050 KES
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ISBN: 9780521401906

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Format Hardback

Book Series School of American Research Advanced Seminars

ISBN-10 0521401909

ISBN-13 9780521401906

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Aug 30th, 1991

Print length 353 Pages

Weight 629 grams

Product Classification: Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography

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These eleven case studies of different chiefdoms examine how ruling elites retain and legitimize their power.

The study of chiefdoms has moved from a preoccupation with their formal characteristics to a concern with their dynamics as political institutions. The contributors to this volume are interested in how ruling elites retain power through control over production and exchange, and then legitimize that control through an elaborate ideology. The eleven 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 the sources of power in society are, as well as the forces of instability that constantly threaten to tear the society apart. Chiefdoms offers a rich and varied interpretation of sociopolitical power.

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