Ancient States and Infrastructural Power - Europe, Asia, and America

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Clifford Ando and Seth Richardson Klappentext Clifford Ando is the David B. and Clara E. Stern Professor and Professor of Classics, History, and Law at the University of Chicago and Research Fellow in the Department of Biblical and Ancient Studies at the University of South Africa. Seth Richardson is an Assyriologist and historian and serves as managing editor of the Journal of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago.Ancient States and Infrastructural Power examines how early states built their territorial, legal, and political powers before they had the capacity to enforce them. Contributors trace how state power first developed from the Andes to China, from Babylon to Rome.

Product details

• Authors: Clifford (EDT)/ Richardson Ando, Clifford Richardson Ando
• Assisted by: Clifford Ando (Editor), Seth Richardson (Editor), Seth F. C. Richardson (Editor)
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9780812249316
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-4931-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Empire and After; Empire and After
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas