The evolution of human societies : from foraging group to agrarian state

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The evolution of human societies : from foraging group to agrarian state

Allen W. Johnson & Timothy Earle

Stanford University Press, 1987

  • : cloth
  • : pbk

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Bibliography: p. [329]-348

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: cloth ISBN 9780804713399

Table of Contents

  • 1. Introduction
  • Part I. The Family-Level group: 2. Family-Level foragers
  • 3. Families with domestication
  • 4. The family economy
  • Part II. The Local Group: 5. The family and the village
  • 6. The village and the clan
  • 7. The corporate group and the big man collectivity
  • 8. The economy of the local group
  • Part III. The Regional Policy: 9. The simple chiefdom
  • 10. The complex chiefdom
  • 11. The archaic state
  • 12. The peasant economy in the Agrarian state
  • 13. The economy of the regional polity
  • 14. Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780804715157

Description

This volume considers topics such as: family-level foragers; families with domestication; the family economy; the family and the village; the village and the clan; the corporate group and the big man collectivity; the economy of the local group; and the peasant economy in the agrarian state.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Introduction
  • Part I. The Family-Level group: 2. Family-Level foragers
  • 3. Families with domestication
  • 4. The family economy
  • Part II. The Local Group: 5. The family and the village
  • 6. The village and the clan
  • 7. The corporate group and the big man collectivity
  • 8. The economy of the local group
  • Part III. The Regional Policy: 9. The simple chiefdom
  • 10. The complex chiefdom
  • 11. The archaic state
  • 12. The peasant economy in the Agrarian state
  • 13. The economy of the regional polity
  • 14. Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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  • NCID
    BA00953544
  • ISBN
    • 0804713391
    • 0804715157
  • LCCN
    86023204
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Stanford, Calif.
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 360 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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