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Pathways to Power: New Perspectives on the Emergence of Social Inequality Hardcover - 2010 - 2010th Edition

by T. Douglas Price (Editor); Gary M. Feinman (Editor)


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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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  • Title Pathways to Power: New Perspectives on the Emergence of Social Inequality
  • Author T. Douglas Price (Editor); Gary M. Feinman (Editor)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 2010th
  • Edition 2010
  • Pages 298
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Springer
  • Date 2010-09-02
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9781441962997 / 1441962999
  • Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.75 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 1.91 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Archaeological
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010931700
  • Dewey Decimal Code 930.1

About the author

T. Douglas Price is the Director of the Laboratory for Archaeological Chemistry at University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Gary M. Feinman is Curator, Mesoamerican and Central American Anthropology, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL.

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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… Read More
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