Pathways to Power: New Perspectives on the Emergence of Social Inequality

by T. Douglas Price and Gary M. Feinman

Book Overview

Social Inequality and the Evolution of Human Social Organization.- On the Evolution of the Human Capacity for Inequality and/or Egalitarianism.- Degrees and Kinds of Inequality.- Gimme That Old Time Religion: Rethinking the Role of Religion in the Emergence of Social Inequality.- Who Benefits from Complexity? A View from Futuna.- Traces of Inequality at the Origins of Agriculture in the Ancient Near East.- Decentralized Complexity: The Case of Bronze...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441962999
• ISBN13: 9781441962997
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"