In a follow-up to their 1995 book Foundations of Social Inequality, the editors of this volume ha...

In the quarter century since Wallerstein first developed world systems theory (WST), scholars in ...

In considering the long trajectory of human societies, researchers have too often favored models ...

At the entrance of The Field Museum's Cyrus Tang Hall of China, two Chinese stone guardian lions ...

Water management, soil conservation, sustainable animal husbandry . . . because such socio-enviro...

Images of the Past is an introduction to prehistoric archaeology that aims to capture the excitem...

Gain a thorough understanding of the competing views on the historicity, chronology, and theologi...

A fresh examination of variable social and economic processes, Framing Complexity in Formative Me...

The aim of the Element is to provide a comprehensive comparison of the basic organization of powe...

The aim of the Element is to provide a comprehensive comparison of the basic organization of powe...

Drawing on Kent Flannery's forty years of cross-culturalresearch in the area, the contributors ...

In this authoritative volume, leading researchers offer diversetheoretical perspectives and a w...