Author : Jeremy A. Sabloff
Publisher :
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 44,44 MB
Release : 2018-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781947864122
Archaeology is experiencing a data deluge. Many of the foremost experts in quantitative archaeology and anthropology leverage innovative methodologies-including agent-based modeling, network analysis, and theoretical applications of evolutionary biology-to probe long-debated questions on the formation of early states.
Author : Andrew Monson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 603 pages
File Size : 19,18 MB
Release : 2015-04-23
Category : History
ISBN : 1316300153
Inspired by the new fiscal history, this book represents the first global survey of taxation in the premodern world. What emerges is a rich variety of institutions, including experiments with sophisticated instruments such as sovereign debt and fiduciary money, challenging the notion of a typical premodern stage of fiscal development. The studies also reveal patterns and correlations across widely dispersed societies that shed light on the basic factors driving the intensification, abatement, and innovation of fiscal regimes. Twenty scholars have contributed perspectives from a wide range of fields besides history, including anthropology, economics, political science and sociology. The volume's coverage extends beyond Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East to East Asia and the Americas, thereby transcending the Eurocentric approach of most scholarship on fiscal history.
Author : Richard Blanton
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 43,4 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0387738762
Anthropological archaeology and other disciplines concerned with the formation of early complex societies are undergoing a theoretical shift. Given the need for new directions in theory, the book proposes that anthropologists look to political science, especially the rational choice theory of collective action. The authors subject collective action theory to a methodologically rigorous evaluation using systematic cross-cultural analysis based on a world-wide sample of societies.
Author : Azar Gat
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 15,35 MB
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 1107007852
A groundbreaking study of the foundations of nationalism, exposing its antiquity, strong links with ethnicity and roots in human nature.
Author : T. L. Thurston
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 44,32 MB
Release : 2021-10-21
Category : History
ISBN : 1316515397
This volume challenges traditional narratives on power, moving away from elite-centered models and focusing instead on the archaeology of commoners.
Author : Hermann Kulke
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 13,92 MB
Release : 2022-01-13
Category : History
ISBN : 1000485145
This handbook presents a multilayered and multidimensional history of state formation in premodern India. It explores dense and rich local and subregional historiography from the mid-first millennium BC to the eighteenth century in South Asia. Shifting the focus away from economic and political factors, this handbook revises the conventional understanding of states and empires and locates them in their quotidian conduct and activity on socio-cultural and concomitant factors. Comprehensive in scope, this handbook addresses a range of themes connected with the idea of state formation in the subcontinent. It includes discussions and debates on ritual practices and the Brahmanical order in early India; the Delhi Sultanate and role of Sultans among the Hindu kings; the cosmopolitan ‘Islamicate’ cultural influences on Puranic Hinduism; cultural background of the Mughal state. The handbook examines new questions and ideologies of state formation, such as: · facets of violence and resistance; · the significance of the autonomous spaces and forests; · regional elites, including ‘Little kings’; tribal background of some famous cults; · trade and maritime commerce; · royal patronage, courtly manners, lineage formation; · imperial architecture, monuments, and temple, among others. Featuring case studies from different part of the India subcontinent, and with contributions by renowned historians, this authoritative handbook will be an indispensable reading for teachers, scholars, and students of early India, medieval India, premodern India, South Asian history, Asian history, historiography, economic history, historical sociology, and South Asia studies.
Author : Kaushik Roy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 16,51 MB
Release : 2021-09-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1000432122
This book examines the military histories of the regions beyond Western Europe in the pre-modern era. Existing works on global military history mainly focus on the western part of Eurasia after 1500 CE. As regards the ancient period, such works concentrate exclusively on Greece and Rome. So, ‘global’ military history is actually the triumphal story of the West from Classical Greece onwards. This volume focuses not only on the eastern part of Eurasia but also on South America, Africa and Australasia and seeks to explain the history and varied trajectories of warfare in non-Western regions in the pre-modern era. Further, it evaluates whether warfare in non-Western regions should be considered primitive or inferior when compared with Western warfare. The book notes that Western Europe became militarily significant only in the early modern era and argues that the military divergence that occurred during the early modern era is not unique – it had also occurred in the Bronze Age, the Classical era and in the medieval period. This was due to the dynamism and innovativeness of non-Western militaries and the interconnectedness that existed in parts of the Eurasian landmass. Further, those polities which were able to construct a balanced military force by synthesising diverse elements were not only able to survive but also became capable of projecting power across continents. This book will be of much interest to students of military history, strategic studies and world history.
Author : Michael J. Seth
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 26,12 MB
Release : 2016-03-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1442260459
Now in a fully revised and updated edition, this engaging text provides a concise history of Korea from the beginning of human settlement in the region through the late nineteenth century. Michael J. Seth’s thorough chronological narrative equally emphasizes social, cultural, and political history. Students will be especially drawn to descriptions of everyday life for both elite and nonelite members of society during various historical periods. The book emphasizes how Korean history can be understood as part of an interactive sphere that includes three basic areas: China, Japan, and the Manchurian/Central Asian region. Throughout, Seth draws comparisons between developments in Korea and those in neighboring regions. All readers looking for a balanced, knowledgeable history will be richly rewarded with this clear and cogent book.
Author : D. Shlapentokh
Publisher : Springer
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 26,50 MB
Release : 2008-01-21
Category : History
ISBN : 0230610420
Shlapentokh asserts that asocial behavior in both medieval France and the contemporary West is not a marginal occurrence but rather a mainstream phenomena, and one that can often be stopped by strong force as the only antidote to social chaos.
Author : Andrew Monson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 603 pages
File Size : 38,36 MB
Release : 2015-04-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1107089204
The first ever global survey of tax systems and their social and political contexts in premodern world history.
