The evolution of the state from earlier forms of political organization is associated with revolutionary changes in the structure of inequality
Ronald Cohen is professor of anthropology at the University of Florida, Gainesville. He has held positions at the University of Toronto, McGill University, Northwestern University, and Ahmadu Bello (Nigeria). Judith D. Toland is a practicing anthropologist, director of her own management consulting firm, JDT & Associates, Chicago, and part-time lecturer in anthropology at Northwestern University.
