Pathways to power
new perspectives on the emergence of social inequality
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Author
Contributions
- Society for American Archaeology. Meeting - Contributor
Publication
2010 - Springer, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
74,500 words, Guess
Page Count
298 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivepathwaystopowern00pric
- ISBN-101441962999
- ISBN-101441963006
- ISBN-139781441962997
- ISBN-139781441963000
and 5 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2010931700
- OCLC Control Number615888090
- Better World Books9781441962997
- Better World Books9781441963000
- Open LibraryOL24838718M
Classifications
- DDC930.1
- LCCGN479 .P37 2010
- LCCHM706
Alternate Titles
- Foundations of social inequality.
Description
"There are few questions more central to understanding the prehistory of our species than those regarding the institutionalization of social inequality. Social inequality is manifested in unequal access to goods, information, decision-making, and power. This structure is essential to higher orders of social organization and basic to the operation of more complex societies. An understanding of the transformation from relatively egalitarian societies to a hierarchical organization and socioeconomic stratification is fundamental to our knowledge about the human condition. In a follow-up to their 1995 book Foundations of Social Inequality, the Editors of this volume have compiled a new and comprehensive group of studies concerning these central questions. When and where does hierarchy appear in human society, and how does it operate? With numerous case studies from the Old and New World, spanning foraging societies to agricultural groups, and complex states, Pathways to Power provides key historical insights into current social and cultural questions."--
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