Chiefdoms : Power, Economy, and Ideology
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
School of American Research Advanced Seminars
ISBN-10
0521448964
ISBN-13
9780521448963
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 1st, 1993
Print length
356 Pages
Weight
520 grams
Dimensions
23.20 x 15.40 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
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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 present eleven case studies examining how ruling elites retain power through control over production and exchange, and then legitimize that control through an elaborate ideology.
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