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Rethinking social evolution : the perspective from middle-range societies / Jérôme Rousseau.
Penn Museum Library GN358 .R68 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rousseau, Jérôme.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social evolution.
- Social evolution--Case studies.
- Social systems.
- Social systems--Growth.
- Indigenous peoples--Social life and customs.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Indians of North America--Social life and customs.
- Indians of North America.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 291 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2006]
- Contents:
- Concepts and issues in social evolution
- Equality and autonomy among hunter-gatherers
- From immediate- to delayed return systems : the emergence of middle-range societies
- Structures of order at the domestic level
- Societies with increased socio-economic differentiation
- - Emergent properties of complex middle-range societies
- The process of social evolution.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references: pages [267]-286.
- ISBN:
- 0773531106
- OCLC:
- 67860367
- Publisher Number:
- 9780773531109
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