Description: About this Item The item is a book Hardback The Title is Ancient States and Infrastructural Power : Europe, Asia, and America Condition New Other Comments Pages Count - 320. Category - History Product Description - While ancient states are often characterized in terms of the powers that they claimed to possess, the contributors to this book argue that they were in fact fundamentally weak, both in the exercise of force outside of war and in the infrastructural and regulatory powers that such force would, in theory, defend. In Ancient States and Infrastructural Power a distinguished group of scholars examines the ways in which early states built their territorial, legal, and political powers before they had the capabilities to enforce them. The volume brings Greek and Roman historians together with specialists on early Mesopotamia, late antique Persia, ancient China, Visigothic Iberia, and the Inca empire to compare various models of state power across regional and disciplinary divisions. How did the polis become the body that regulates property rights Why did Chinese and Persian states maintain aristocracies that sometimes challenged their autocracies How did Babylon and Rome promote the state as the custodian of moral goods In worlds without clear borders, how did societies from Rome to Byzantium come to share legal and social identities rooted in concepts of territory From the Inca empire to Visigothic Iberia, why did tributary practices reinforce territorial ideas about membershipContributors address how states first claimed and developed the ability to delineate territory, promote laws, and establish political identity and they investigate how the powers that states appropriated came to be seen as their natural and normal domain. Contributors: Clifford Ando, R. Alan Covey, Damian Fernandez, Anthony Kaldellis, Emily Mackil, Richard Payne, Seth Richardson, Wang Haicheng, John Weisweiler. We Use Stock Images Because we have over 2 million items for sale we have to use stock images, this listing does not include the actual image of the item for sale. The purchase of this specific item is made with the understanding that the image shown in this listing is a stock image and not the actual item for sale. For example: some of our stock images include stickers, labels, price tags, hyper stickers, obi's, promotional messages, signatures and or writing which may not be available in the actual item. When possible we will add details of the items we are selling to help buyers know what is included in the item for sale. The details are provided automatically from our central master database and can sometimes be wrong. Books are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, not for sale, promotional, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions. The Book you receive could be any of these editions or variations. If you are looking for a specific edition or version please contact us to verify what we are selling. Gift IdeasThis is a great Christmas gift idea. Hours of ServiceWe have many warehouses, some of the warehouses process orders seven days a week, but the Administration Support Staff are located at a head office location, outside of the warehouses, and typically work only Monday to Friday. Location ID 9000z iHaveit SKU ID 167391114
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Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Ancient States and Infrastructural Power : Europe, Asia, and America
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Subject: Ancient / General, Historiography, Sociology / Social Theory
Publication Year: 2017
Item Height: 1.1 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 23.1 Oz
Subject Area: Social Science, History
Author: Seth Richardson
Item Length: 9.3 in
Series: Empire and after Ser.
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover
