Earle, Timothy K.

How Chiefs Came to Power : The Political Economy in Prehistory

Introduction: The Nature of Political Power 1(16) The Long-Term Developments of Three Chiefdoms: Denmark, Hawai'i, and the Andes 17(50) Sources of Economic Power 67(38) Military Power: The Strategic Use of Naked Force 105(38) Ideology as a Source of Power 143(50) Chiefly Power Strategies and the Emergence of Complex Political Institutions 193(22) Bibliography 215(26) Index 241