This book presents a comparative analysis of state formation in India and Europe. It discusses the genesis of early state forms in India and Europe, the role of state and citizenship, trends of marginalisation and national identity formation.
The Republic of St. Peter seeks to reclaim for central Italy an important part of its own history. Noble's thesis is at once original and controversial: that the Republic, an independent political entity, was in existence by the 730s and was not a creation of the Franks in the 7…
Cemal Kafadar offers a much more subtle and complex interpretation of the early Ottoman period than that provided by other historians. His careful analysis of medieval as well as modern historiography from the perspective of a cultural historian demonstrates how ethnic, tribal, …
"This book explores the life and times of Ecuador's most controversial nineteenth-century politician within the broader context of the new political history. Eschewing the traditional polemics associated with other Garcia Moreno biographies, the book concentrates on five themes …
"Since 1898, the United States and the United Nations have deployed military force more than three dozen times in attempts to rebuild failed states. Currently there are more state-building campaigns in progress than at any time in the past century--including Afghanistan, Bosnia,…
"During the 1950s and 1960s, India launched an extremely ambitious and highly regarded program of state-led development. But it soon became clear that the Indian state lacked the institutional capacity to carry out rapid industrialization. Drawing on newly available archival sou…