Political machine : assembling sovereignty in the Bronze Age Caucasus

1. Verfasser: Smith, Adam T. , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2015.
Umfang/Format: xv, 242 pages : illustrations, maps. ; 25 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Rostovtzeff lectures.
Schlagworte:
Parallelausgabe: Political machine (Online version)
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction: reverse engineering the polity
  • Part I. On assemblages and machines
  • On the matter of sovereignty
  • Part II. Assembling sovereignty
  • The civilization machine in the early Bronze Age
  • The war machine in the middle Bronze Age
  • The political machine in the late Bronze Age
  • Conclusion.