Fluid Iron : State Formation in Southeast Asia /

Fluid Iron is the first extended treatment of state formation in Southeast Asia from early to contemporary times and the first book-length analysis of Western historical and ethnographic writing on the region. It includes critical assessments of the work of Clifford Geertz, O.W. Wolters, Benedict An...

Celý popis

Uloženo v:
Podrobná bibliografie
Hlavní autor: Day, Tony (Autor)
Médium: E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 2002
Témata:
State, The.
HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia.
dejiny
železo
ISBN:9780824862541
On-line přístup: Získat plný text
Tagy: Přidat tag
Žádné tagy, Buďte první, kdo vytvoří štítek k tomuto záznamu!
Obsah:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Studying the State in Southeast Asia: Definitions, Problems, Approaches
  • 2. Ties That (Un)Bind
  • 3. Cosmologies, Truth Regimes, and Invulnerability
  • 4. Bureaucracy, Reason, and Ritual
  • 5. Violence and Beauty
  • Conclusion: Alternative States, Incongruous Region
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

Podobné jednotky