Article
Comments on the Emergence and Persistence of Inequality in Premodern Societies
Current Anthropology
Document Type
Response or Comment
Publication Date
2-1-2010
Subjects
- Wealth -- Social aspects,
- Equality,
- Intergenerational mobility,
- Social archaeology
Disciplines
Abstract
The author discusses the development and persistence of permanent inequality in human societies. He comments on an article which undertakes inequality in premodern societies and proposed that intergenerational wealth transmission is the reason for the evolution and persistence of inequality, mentioning the three categories of wealth including material, relational, and embodied.
DOI
10.1086/649536
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/13303
Citation Information
Comments on the Emergence and Persistence of Inequality in Premodern Societies
Kenneth M. Ames
Current Anthropology, Vol. 51, No. 1 (February 2010), pp. 95-96
Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.
Copyright 2010 Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.
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