The creation of inequality : how our prehistoric ancestors set the stage for monarchy, slavery, and empire / Kent Flannery and Joyce Marcus.
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- ISBN: 9780674064690 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 0674064690 (hbk.)
- Physical Description: xiii, 631 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Publisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2012.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 567-614) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | pt. 1. Starting out equal -- Genesis and exodus -- Rousseau's "state of nature" -- Ancestors and enemies -- Why our ancestors had religion and the arts -- Inequality without agriculture -- pt. 2. Balancing prestige and equality -- Agriculture and achieved renown -- The ritual buildings of achievement-based societies -- The prehistory of the ritual house -- Prestige and equality in four Native American societies -- pt. 3. Societies that made inequality hereditary -- The rise and fall of hereditary inequality in farming societies -- Three sources of power in chiefly societies -- From ritual house to temple in the Americas -- Aristocracy without chiefs -- Temples and inequality in early Mesopotamia -- The chiefly societies in our backyard -- How to turn rank into stratification : tales of the South Pacific -- pt. 4. Inequality in kingdoms and empires -- How to create a kingdom -- Three of the New World's first-generation kingdoms -- The land of the scorpion king -- Black ox hides and golden stools -- The nursery of civilization -- Graft and imperialism -- How new empires learn from old -- pt. 5. Resisting inequality -- Inequality and natural law. |
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Subject: | Prehistoric peoples. Anthropology, Prehistoric. Human evolution. Social evolution. Equality. |
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The Creation of Inequality : How Our Prehistoric Ancestors Set the Stage for Monarchy, Slavery, and Empire
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The Creation of Inequality : How Our Prehistoric Ancestors Set the Stage for Monarchy, Slavery, and Empire
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Preface | p. ix | |
Part I | Starring Out Equal | |
1 | Genesis and Exodus | p. 3 |
2 | Rousseau s "State of Nature" | p. 19 |
3 | Ancestors and Enemies | p. 40 |
4 | Why Our Ancestors Had Religion and the Arts | p. 54 |
5 | Inequality without Agriculture | p. 66 |
Part II | Balancing Prestige and Equality | |
6 | Agriculture and Achieved Renown | p. 91 |
7 | The Ritual Buildings of Achievement-Based Societies | p. 110 |
8 | The Prehistory of the Ritual House | p. 121 |
9 | Prestige and Equality in Four Native American Societies | p. 153 |
Part III | Societies That Made Inequality Hereditary | |
10 | The Rise and Fall of Hereditary Inequality in Farming Societies | p. 187 |
11 | Three Sources of Power in Chiefly Societies | p. 208 |
12 | From Ritual House to Temple in the Americas | p. 229 |
13 | Aristocracy without Chiefs | p. 251 |
14 | Temples and Inequality in Early Mesopotamia | p. 260 |
15 | The Chiefly Societies in Our Backyard | p. 298 |
16 | How to Turn Rank into Stratification: Tales of the South Pacific | p. 313 |
Part IV | Inequality in Kingdoms and Empires | |
17 | How to Create a Kingdom | p. 341 |
18 | Three of die New Worlds First-Generation Kingdoms | p. 367 |
19 | The Land of die Scorpion King | p. 394 |
20 | Black Ox Hides and Golden Stools | p. 422 |
21 | The Nursery of Civilization | p. 448 |
22 | Graft and Imperialism | p. 475 |
23 | How New Empires Learn from Old | p. 503 |
Part V | Resisting Inequality | |
24 | Inequality and Natural Law | p. 547 |
Notes | p. 567 | |
Sources of Illustrations | p. 615 | |
Index | p. 623 |