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10.4 What Causes Seasonal Social and Political Structures? The Dawn of Everything Chapter 3:

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The Evolution of the Esquimaux

Summer opens up an almost unlimited area for hunting and fishing, while winter narrowly restricts this area. The movement that animates eskimo society is synchronized with that of the surrounding life. Legitimate authority became a matter of carisma rather than birthright, persuasion instead of coercion. generosity trumped accumulation as a route to personal prestige.

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