Polities : authority, identities, and change / Yale H. Ferguson and Richard W. Mansbach.

Author/creator Ferguson, Yale H.
Other author Mansbach, Richard W., 1943-
Format Book
Publication InfoColumbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, ©1996.
Descriptionxiv, 495 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Subjects
State, The--History.
Nation-state--History.
International relations--History.

SeriesStudies in international relations
Studies in international relations (Columbia, S.C.) ^A221541
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 421-451) and indexes.
LCCN 95050229
ISBN1570031282 (cloth)
ISBN1570030774 (paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks JC11 .F45 1996 ✔ Available Place Hold