The agrarian sociology of ancient civilizations
by Weber, Max
fromVerso world history series
by Weber, Max
fromVerso world history series
by Weber, Max
fromVerso world history series
by Weber, Max
fromVerso world history series
Max Weber, widely recognized as the greatest of the founders of classical sociology, is often associated with the development of capitalism in Western Europe and the analysis of modernity. But he also had a profound scholarly interest in ancient societies and the Near East, and …
¿Cuándo comenzó la música? Esta pregunta guía a Ramón Andrés desde el originario encuentro del hombre con el sonido hasta la obral de los conpositores contemporáneos, desde China y Mesopotamia, pasando por la India, Egipto, Grecia y Roma, hasta el Occidente moderno, a través de …
This is a book about language, theatricality, and empire--about how the Roman emperor dramatized his rule and how his subordinates in turn staged their response. Informed by theories of dramaturgy, sociology, new historicism, and cultural criticism, this close reading of literar…
"When Nero took the stage, the audience played along - or else. The drama thus enacted, whether in the theater proper or in the political arena, unfolds in all its rich complexity in Actors in the Audience. This is a book about language, theatricality, and empire - about how the…
This volume addresses the economic organization of ancient societies from a comparative perspective. By pursuing an interdisciplinary approach, including contributions by archaeologists, historians of antiquity, economic historians as well as historians of economic thought, it s…
This volume addresses the economic organization of ancient societies from a comparative perspective. By pursuing an interdisciplinary approach, including contributions by archaeologists, historians of antiquity, economic historians as well as historians of economic thought, it s…
This volume addresses the economic organization of ancient societies from a comparative perspective. By pursuing an interdisciplinary approach, including contributions by archaeologists, historians of antiquity, economic historians as well as historians of economic thought, it s…
New perspectives on long-distance trade and social complexity / Johan Ling, Richard J. Chacon, and Kristian Kristiansen -- Funnel beaker societies and long distance trade / Johannes Müller -- Stonehenge : long-distance exchange in late Neolithic Britain c.3000-2450 BC / Michael …
"Trade before Civilization explores the role that long-distance exchange played in the establishment and/or maintenance of social complexity, and its role in the transformation of societies from egalitarian to non-egalitarian. Bringing together research by an international and m…
Trade before Civilization explores the role that long-distance exchange played in the establishment and/or maintenance of social complexity, and its role in the transformation of societies from egalitarian to non-egalitarian. Bringing together research by an international and me…