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The Early State
by Claessen, Henri J. M. & Peter Skalník, editors
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 9027979049
- ISBN 13
- 9789027979049
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
The Hague/Paris/New York: Mouton Publishers, 1978. Scholarly study synthesizing then-extant knowledge & theories about early states, including the Incas, Old Kingdom Egypt, Yoruba city-states, & the Ch'ou empire in China. The first part discusses the general problems and working hypotheses; the second part presents case studies from Ankor to Zande by specialists in each region; part three synthesizes the individual studies and contrasts them with the hypotheses presented in the first part, including the common features of early states; a Marxian view of early state dynamics; and the beginnings & endings of early states. Publisher's New Babylon Studies in the Social Sciences 32. Stout hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book & jacket, minor tanning to jacket & hint of fading to its spine; rubberstamped name (one of the participants, author of chapter 15, Herbert S. Lewis); lower corners bumped. Text clean; xii, 689 pages; indexes, notes on contributors, references, map, tables, a few figures. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Large Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- v0698
- Title
- The Early State
- Author
- Claessen, Henri J. M. & Peter Skalník, editors
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 9027979049
- ISBN 13
- 9789027979049
- Publisher
- Mouton Publishers
- Place of Publication
- The Hague/Paris/New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- Anthropology, Politics, Political Theory, Sociology
- Size
- Large Octavo
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Beloit, Wisconsin
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