{"product_id":"chiefdoms-power-economy-and-ideology-paperback-9780521448963","title":"Chiefdoms; Power, Economy, and Ideology (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521448963","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChiefdoms\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePower, Economy, and Ideology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThese eleven case studies of different chiefdoms examine how ruling elites retain and legitimize their power.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTimothy K. Earle (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521448963, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 April 1993\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e356 pages, 21 b\/w illus.  10 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.575 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Chiefdoms is a welcome addition to recent studies of cultural evolution.\"   American Anthropologist\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003el. The evolution of chiefdoms Timothy Earle\u003cbr\u003e 2. Chiefdoms, states, and systems of social evolution Kristian Kristiansen\u003cbr\u003e 3. The pattern of change in British prehistory Richard Bradley\u003cbr\u003e 4. Property rights and the evolution of chiefdoms Timothy Earle\u003cbr\u003e 5. Lords of the waste: predation, pastoral production, and the process of stratification among the Eastern Tuaregs Candelario Saenz\u003cbr\u003e 6. Chiefship and competitive involution: the Marquesas Islands of eastern Polynesia Patrick Kirch\u003cbr\u003e 7. Trajectories towards social complexity in the later prehistory of the Mediterranean Antonio Gilman\u003cbr\u003e 8. Chiefdoms to city-states: the Greek experience Yale Ferguson\u003cbr\u003e 9. Contrasting patterns of Mississippian development Vincas Steponaitis\u003cbr\u003e l0. Demography, surplus, and inequality: early political formations in highland Mesoamerica Gary Feinman\u003cbr\u003e 11. Pre-Hispanic chiefdom trajectories in Mesoamerica, Central America, and northern South America Robert Drennan.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20anthropology,%20ethnography%20%5BJHMC%5D%22\"\u003eJHMC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007454794008,"sku":"9780521448963","price":43.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521448963i_a0bc9c2f-97bd-40c2-9894-2ec49271e67f.jpg?v=1691382064","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/chiefdoms-power-economy-and-ideology-paperback-9780521448963","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}