Raiding, Trading, and Feasting: The Political Economy of Philippine Chiefdoms 9780824864064
As early as the first millennium A.D., the Philippine archipelago formed the easternmost edge of a vast network of Chine
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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Comparative Chronologies 1000 B.C. to A.D. 1600
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1. Foreign Trade and Sociopolitical Evolution
Chapter 2. Sources for the Study of Prehispanic Philippine Chiefdoms
Part II: Structure and Evolution of Complex Societies
Chapter 3. Chiefly Authority and Political Structure
Chapter 4. Political Cycling in Philippine Chiefdoms
Chapter 5. Social Stratification in Contact Period Societies
Chapter 6. The Dynamics of Social Ranking: Changing Patterns of Household Wealth and Mortuary Differentiation
Part III: Foreign Trade and Internal Transformation
Chapter 7. The Long-Distance Porcelain Trade
Chapter 8. Mobilizing Resources: Regional Production, Tribute, and Lowland- Upland Exchange Systems
Chapter 9. The Evolution of Craft Specialization
Chapter 10. Alliance and Prestige Goods Exchange
Chapter 11.Competitive Feasting
Chapter 12. Raiding and Militarism as a Competitive Strategy
Part IV: Conclusion
Chapter 13. Trade Competition and Political Transformations in Philippine Chiefdoms
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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