Stratagems And Spoils

F.G. Bailey''s classic political-anthropology text is reissued here with a Postscript that comments critically on the book''s scope, its reception, and its uses. First published in 1969, Stratagems and Spoils captured the imagination of scholars and students with a revealing examination of principles of political competition that operate alike in ?exotic? and ?developed? societies. In Bailey''s an...