Empires and Diversity - On the Crossroads of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History

Backdirt , the annual review of the Cotsen Institute. Klappentext For more than four thousand years! empires have been geographically the largest polities on Earth! which in many respects have been shaping human past and present in different epochs and on different continents. This book contributes to the de-Westernization of the scholarly criticism of empires and imperialism by exploring the variability in imperial formations and interactions between the conquerors and the conquered! the enormous diversity in existing data! and the imperative to develop interdisciplinary research in order to construct adequate interpretations. Covering the time span from the second millennium BCE to the sixteenth century CE! and geographic areas from China to South America! the case studies included in this volume demonstrate the necessity to combine perspectives from the longue duree and global comparativism with the theory of agency and an understanding of specific contexts for human actions. Zusammenfassung For more than 4!000 years! empires have been geographically the largest polities on Earth. The case studies demonstrate the necessity to combine perspectives from the longue duree and global comparativism with the theory of agency and an understanding of specific contexts for human actions.

Product details

• Authors: Gregory E. (EDT) Areshian
• Assisted by: Gregory E. Areshian (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of New Mexico Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2013
• EAN: 9780917956348
• ISBN: 978-0-917956-34-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Ideas, Debates and Perspective; Ideas, Debates, and Perspectives; Ideas, Debates, and Perspectives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous