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An edition of Polities (1996)

Polities

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University of South Carolina Press
Language
English
Pages
495

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Subjects
History, International relations, National state, State, The, The State, Diplomacy, Political science & theory, Political structure & processes, Politics/International Relations, Politics / Current Events, International Relations - General, Nation-state, Westphalia

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Polities: Authority, Identities, and Change (Studies in International Relations)
April 1996, University of South Carolina Press
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Table of Contents

Introduction : new paths to theory
The subject is politics
Mesopotamia : fission-fusion of the first city polities and empires
The sources and limits of central authority in mesopotamia
Greece : structural features of a watershed civilization
The Polis : triumph and challenge of citizenship
Ancient China : overlapping polities in an imperial framework
The mandate of heaven : authority in ancient China
Mesoamerica : a multitude of polities
Mesoamerica and the Spanish conquest : the collision of civilizations
Islam : the evolution of a messianic movement
The caliphate : the limits of dynastic power
Italy after Rome : complexity at the nexus of the ancient and modern worlds
Medieval Italy : competing visions of unity and authority
The past as prelude.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-451) and indexes.

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Columbia, S.C
Series
Studies in international relations, Studies in international relations (Columbia, S.C.)

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Dewey Decimal Class
321/.14
Library of Congress
JC11 .F45 1996, JC11.F45 1996

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xiv, 495 p. :
Number of pages
495

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OL812978M
ISBN 10
1570031282, 1570030774
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95050229
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