Craft specialization, the reorganization of production relations and state formation

Journal of Social Archaeology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 307-337

  Patterson, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Classical political economy; Craft specialization; Liberal social theory; Marxism; Production relations; Proto industrialization; Societal evolution; State formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644519261     PISSN: 14696053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469605305057570     Document Type: Article

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