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082	0	0	_a320.1 _bS _219
245	0	0	_aStates in history / _cedited by John A. Hall.
264		1	_aOxford [Oxfordshire] UK ; _aNew York, NY, USA : _bB. Blackwell, _c1986
300			_avi, 317 pages ; _c25 cm
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThe state has been the subject of lively debate in modern social science, but the abstract and theoretical nature of much of the work is inaccessible. This volume remedies the situation by testing the adequacy of recent theories of the state against the historical record. The collection produces sustained answers to such key questions as the nature of state autonomy, the state's effect on economic development, and the role of nomads in their resistance of the state. While offering a fresh approach, the book maintains a firm empirical grounding in specific societies, from hunter-gatherers to present-day South America. Among the states discussed are Sumer, Imperial China, the states of classical Islam, city-states, the various capitalistic states and the Soviet state. Particular attention is paid to patterns of state formation and the erosion of the nation-state's autonomy by global political dynamics. The distinguished contributors are Clive Gamble, Patricia Crone, Ernest Gellner, Peter Burke, Michael Mann, Colin Crouch, Karen Dawisha, Anthony D. Smith, J.G. Merquior and Susan Strange.
650		0	_aConstitutional history.
650		0	_aComparative government.
650		0	_aState, The.
700	1		_aHall, John A., _d1949-, _93383 _ecompiler
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