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big man: a standalone construct

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Anthropology

a leader whose influence rests on personal skill in building a following through generosity rather than on an inherited office.

In anthropology, big man refers to a leader whose influence rests on personal skill in building a following through generosity rather than on an inherited office. This meaning comes from Sahlins (1963) in Comparative Studies in Society and History.[1]

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  1. Sahlins, M. D. (1963). Poor Man, Rich Man, Big-man, Chief: Political Types in Melanesia and Polynesia. Comparative Studies in Society and History, 5(3), 285-303. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0010417500001729

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