Chiefs Today - East-West Center
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This volume presents detailed analyses of the accommodations between chiefs and states in 13 Pacific societies. In some states, traditional perquisites and political authority have overlapped so that the state is a contemporary form of chiefdom. Elsewhere, chiefs operate as a mechanism of local accommodation to centralized state authority, facilitating state operations in the local community. This text is concerned with the renewed significance of...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0804728518
ISBN13:9780804728515
Release Date:August 2009
Publisher:East-West Center
Length:343 Pages
Weight:1.03 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 8.8"
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