State and society the emergence and development of social hierarchy and political centralization /

• Other Authors: Gledhill, John, Bender, Barbara, Larsen, Mogens Trolle
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Routledge, 1995.
• Series: One world archaeology ; 4.
• Subjects: Political anthropology.; Social structure.; State, The > Origin.; Social archaeology.; Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

• Ranked societies and the transition of statehood
• The dynamics of state formation : formation processes, cumulative and uneven development, devolution and resistance
• The role of writing and literacy in the development of social and political power
• European colonialism, the transformation of indigenous state forms, and the development of modern national states.