The Origin of the Inequality of the Social Classes

by Gunnar Landtman

Book Overview

Originally published in 1938, The Origin of the Inequality of the Social Classes presents ethnological research into how rank and inequality has been created or formed in various societies. This study especially focuses on recent changes in aboriginal cultures with particular attention paid to the Kiwai Papuans of British New Guinea whom Landtman researched extensively from 1910-1912. This title will be of interest to students of Sociology and Anthropology...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138195227
• ISBN13: 9781138195226
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"