Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures ix
4. Tables xiii
5. Introduction 3
6. Mesoamerican Cases
7. It Was the Economy, Stupid 15
8. Alternative Pathways to Power in Formative Oaxaca 41
9. Built Space as Political Fields 59
10. Complexity without Centralization 79
11. Central Precinct Plaza Replication and Corporate Groups in Mesoamerica 105
12. Featherwork as a Commodity Complex in the Late Postclassic Mesoamerican World System 131
13. Classic Maya Marketplaces and Exchanges 155
14. Old World Cases
15. Enduring Nations and Emergent States 177
16. The Bakitara (Banyoro) of Uganda and Collective Action Theory 207
17. Cognitive Codes and Collective Action at Mari and the Indus 225
18. “We Shape Our Buildings and Afterwards Our Buildings Shape Us” 239
19. Cross-Cultural Studies
20. Network Strategy and War 259
21. Framing the Rise and Variability of Past Complex Societies 271
22. Pathways to Power 291
23. Corporate Power Strategies, Collective Action, and Control of Principals 309
24. References 327
25. Contributors 395
26. Index 397