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A great deal of the world's history is the history of empires. Indeed it could be said that all history is colonial history, if one takes a broad enough definition and goes far enough back. And although the great historic imperial systems, the land-based Russian one as well as t…
The history of the world is the history of empires - a history that has not come to an end. Not noly are we living with the legacies of the great colonial empires of the past, but also with the new economic-based imperial systems of the modern world. There are thos who think tha…
A great deal of the world's history is the history of empires. Indeed it could be said that all history is colonial history if one takes a broad enough definition and goes back far enough. And although the great historic imperial systems--the land-based Russian one as well as th…
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Imperia and the Power of Scale -- Imperia, Social Power, and Scale -- Three Cultural Worlds: Tribal, Imperial, and…
Throughout world history, argues Bodley (anthropology, Washington State U.), particular individuals, driven to accumulate social power, have promoted growth, or scale increases, that amplified many human problems by socializing the costs of development and disproportionately con…
Throughout world history, argues Bodley (anthropology, Washington State U.), particular individuals, driven to accumulate social power, have promoted growth, or scale increases, that amplified many human problems by socializing the costs of development and disproportionately con…