The Imbalance of Power : : Leadership, Masculinity and Wealth in the Amazon /

The Imbalance of Power : : Leadership, Masculinity and Wealth in the Amazon / / Marc Brightman.

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Amerindian societies have an iconic status in classical political thought. For Montaigne, Hobbes, Locke, Hume and Rousseau, the native American ‘state of nature’ operates as a foil for the European polity. Challenging this tradition, The Imbalance of Power demonstrates ethnographically that the Cari...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Brightman, Marc,
Place / Publishing House:New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2016]
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (206 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FIGURES, ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • A NOTE ON TRIO AND WAYANA LANGUAGE AND ORTHOGRAPHY
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • MAPS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter 1 MAKING TRIO AND OTHER PEOPLES
  • Chapter 2 HOUSES AND IN-LAWS
  • Chapter 3 TRADE, MONEY AND INFLUENCE
  • Chapter 4 MUSIC AND RITUAL CAPACITIES
  • Chapter 5 OWNING PERSONS AND PLACES
  • CONCLUSION Society Transcends the State
  • GLOSSARY
  • APPENDIX Trio Relationship Terminology
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX

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