Sneath, David.
The headless state : aristocratic orders, kinship society, & misrepresentations of nomadic inner Asia / David Sneath. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2007. - xi, 273 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-259) and index.
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.
9780231140546 (alk. paper) 0231140541 (alk. paper) 9780231511674 (ebook) 0231511671 (ebook)
2007020899
Tribal government--Asia, Central.
Clans--Asia, Central.
Power (Social sciences)--Asia, Central.
Aristocracy (Political science)--Asia, Central.
Asia, Central--Politics and government--1991-
DS329.4 / .S64 2007
The headless state : aristocratic orders, kinship society, & misrepresentations of nomadic inner Asia / David Sneath. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2007. - xi, 273 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-259) and index.
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.
9780231140546 (alk. paper) 0231140541 (alk. paper) 9780231511674 (ebook) 0231511671 (ebook)
2007020899
Tribal government--Asia, Central.
Clans--Asia, Central.
Power (Social sciences)--Asia, Central.
Aristocracy (Political science)--Asia, Central.
Asia, Central--Politics and government--1991-
DS329.4 / .S64 2007