The Evolution of the Prehistoric State / Jonathan Haas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haas, Jonathan, 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of Mexico--Politics and government.

Indians of Mexico.

Indians of South America--Peru--Politics and government.

Indians of South America.

Indigenous people--Peru--Politics and government.

Political anthropology.

State, The.

Local Subjects:

Indigenous people--Peru--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [1982]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Shares data relevant to questions of state evolution within anthropology and brings together the theoretical and empirical research of political anthropologists and archaeologists.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I. Anthropologists and Archaeologists in Pursuit of State Origins

1. The Philosophical Background

2. The Conflict Position

3. The Integration Position

4. Conflict Versus Integration: An Empirical Test

5. Alternative Routes to Statehood

Part II. Power and the State

6. Power and Archaeology

7. A Framework for Studying State Evolution

8. Power and the State in the New World

9. Conclusions and Prospects

References

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780231881883

0231881886

OCLC:

1100453696