Tribe and state in Asia through twenty-five centuries:

"[This volume] thus starts at the beginning of the Iron Age and looks at both unwritten cultures dominant in the past and the hypertextual world of today. Its four chapters successively analyze the Asian uses of tribe-like categories, European deployment of the term in the age of imperialism, t...

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Main Author: Guha, Sumit (Author)
Format: Map
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor, MI Association for Asian Studies [2021]
Series:Asia shorts number 10
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Summary:"[This volume] thus starts at the beginning of the Iron Age and looks at both unwritten cultures dominant in the past and the hypertextual world of today. Its four chapters successively analyze the Asian uses of tribe-like categories, European deployment of the term in the age of imperialism, the environments where it flourishes and those it makes and the diversity of tribes across Asia today. The book will be of great interest to historians, journalists, policymakers, and to anyone studying the history of Asia"--Page 4 of cover
Physical Description:124 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten (schwarz-weiß) 23 cm
ISBN:9780924304958

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