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For this new edition, the authors have thoroughly rewritten the theoretical argument for greater clarity, updated the case studies to incorporate new research, and added a new chapter that extends their perspective to the problem of industrialization and globalization.

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"Johnson and Earle show in masterly detail how societies articulate to their environments and . . . how they evolve."—Ethnohistory

Table of Contents
1. Introdution Part I. The Family-Level Group: 2. The family level 3. Family-level foragers 4. Families with domestication Part II. The Local Group: 5. The local group 6. The family and the village 7. The village and the clan 8. The corporate group and the big man collectivity Part III. The Regional Polity: 9. The regional polity 10. The simple chiefdom 11. The complex chiefdom 12. The archaic state 13. The peasant economy 14. The evolution of global society.

The Evolution of Human Societies

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    A Hardback by Allen W. Johnson, Timothy Earle

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      Publisher: MK - Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 12/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780804740319, 978-0804740319
      ISBN10: 0804740313

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      For this new edition, the authors have thoroughly rewritten the theoretical argument for greater clarity, updated the case studies to incorporate new research, and added a new chapter that extends their perspective to the problem of industrialization and globalization.

      Trade Review
      "Johnson and Earle show in masterly detail how societies articulate to their environments and . . . how they evolve."—Ethnohistory

      Table of Contents
      1. Introdution Part I. The Family-Level Group: 2. The family level 3. Family-level foragers 4. Families with domestication Part II. The Local Group: 5. The local group 6. The family and the village 7. The village and the clan 8. The corporate group and the big man collectivity Part III. The Regional Polity: 9. The regional polity 10. The simple chiefdom 11. The complex chiefdom 12. The archaic state 13. The peasant economy 14. The evolution of global society.

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