The Origin of the Inequality of the Social Classes
PROF. LANDTMAN'S book, in spite of certain shortcomings, will obtain a permanent place in anthropological literature as an encyclopedia of fact and theory, on such subjects as the earliest differentiation of society according to age, sex and personality ; the role of wealth, manual skill and co...
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| Published in: | Nature (London) Vol. 142; no. 3598; pp. 687 - 688 |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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15-10-1938
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| Summary: | PROF. LANDTMAN'S book, in spite of certain shortcomings, will obtain a permanent place in anthropological literature as an encyclopedia of fact and theory, on such subjects as the earliest differentiation of society according to age, sex and personality ; the role of wealth, manual skill and commercial efficiency in creating primitive stratification ; the question of early phases of priesthood, in its dogmatic, social and ritual aspects. The chapters on slavery are valuable as a summary of older work, supplemented by recent evidence. The book deals somewhat briefly in the last two divisions with the genesis of nobility and with the origins of government. |
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| ISSN: | 0028-0836 1476-4687 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/142687a0 |