The headless state aristocratic orders, kinship society, & misrepresentations of nomadic inner Asia / David Sneath.
| Author/creator | Sneath, David |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Columbia University Press, |
| Description | xi, 273 p. : maps ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- The myth of the kinship society : evolutionism and the anthropological imagination -- The imaginary tribe : colonial and imperial orders and the peripheral polity -- The state construction of the clan : the unilineal descent group and the ordering of state subjects -- The essentialized nomad : neocolonial and Soviet models -- Creating peoples : nation-state history and the notion of identity -- The headless state : aristocratic orders and the substrata of power. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-259) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2007020899 |
| ISBN | 9780231140546 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0231140541 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780231511674 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 0231511671 (ebook) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |