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Factional competition and political development in the new world / edited by Elizabeth M. Brumfiel and John W. Fox.

Contributor(s): Brumfiel, Elizabeth M | Fox, John W
Language: English Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1994.Description: xii, 234p. : ill., diagrs., maps ; 25cm.ISBN: 0521384001
Contents:
II, Chiefdoms. The power of prestige: competitive generosity and the emergence of rank societies in lowland Mesoamerica / J.E. Clark, Michael Blake; Factional ascendance, dimensions of leadership and the development of centralized authority / C.S. Spencer; External warfare and the internal politics of northern South American tribes and chiefdoms / E.M. Redmond; Chiefdom rivalries, control and external contacts in lower Central America / M.W. Helms; Factional competition and the political evolution of Mississippian chiefdoms / D.G. Anderson; III, States. Ethnicity and political control in a complex society: the Tarascan State of prehispanic Mexico / H.P. Pollard; Ethnic groups and political development in ancient Mexico / E.M. Brumfiel; Factional divisions within the Aztec (Coljua) royal family / R. van Zantwijk; Alliance and intervention in Aztec imperial expansion / F. Hicks; Political factions in the transition from classic to postclassic in the Mixteca Alta / B.E. Byland, J.M.D. Pohl; Internal subdivisions of communities in the prehispanic valley of Oaxaca / S.A. Kowalewski; Cycles of conflict: political factionalism in the Maya lowlands / M.E.D. & J.M.D. Pohl; Political cosmology among the Quiché Maya / J.W. Fox; Factions and political development among the central Andes / T.N. D'Altroy; IV, Discussions. Factional competition and historical materialism / G. Perusek; Moital opposition, segmentation and factionalism in new world political arenas / J.W. Fox.
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Bibliography: p.207-229.

II, Chiefdoms. The power of prestige: competitive generosity and the emergence of rank societies in lowland Mesoamerica / J.E. Clark, Michael Blake; Factional ascendance, dimensions of leadership and the development of centralized authority / C.S. Spencer; External warfare and the internal politics of northern South American tribes and chiefdoms / E.M. Redmond; Chiefdom rivalries, control and external contacts in lower Central America / M.W. Helms; Factional competition and the political evolution of Mississippian chiefdoms / D.G. Anderson; III, States. Ethnicity and political control in a complex society: the Tarascan State of prehispanic Mexico / H.P. Pollard; Ethnic groups and political development in ancient Mexico / E.M. Brumfiel; Factional divisions within the Aztec (Coljua) royal family / R. van Zantwijk; Alliance and intervention in Aztec imperial expansion / F. Hicks; Political factions in the transition from classic to postclassic in the Mixteca Alta / B.E. Byland, J.M.D. Pohl; Internal subdivisions of communities in the prehispanic valley of Oaxaca / S.A. Kowalewski; Cycles of conflict: political factionalism in the Maya lowlands / M.E.D. & J.M.D. Pohl; Political cosmology among the Quiché Maya / J.W. Fox; Factions and political development among the central Andes / T.N. D'Altroy; IV, Discussions. Factional competition and historical materialism / G. Perusek; Moital opposition, segmentation and factionalism in new world political arenas / J.W. Fox.

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