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Autore |
Khatchadourian Lori <1975-> |
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Titolo |
Imperial Matter : Ancient Persia and the Archaeology of Empires / / Lori Khatchadourian |
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Oakland, California, : University of California Press, 2016 |
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Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2016] |
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©[2016] |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Commercial products - Social aspects |
Architecture and society |
Architecture and state |
Archaeology and history - Caucasus, South |
Archaeology and history - Iran |
Sovereignty |
Imperialism - Social aspects |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The Satrapal condition -- Where things stand -- Imperial matter -- From captives to delegates -- Delegates and proxies in the Dahyu Armenia -- Going underground: affiliates, proxies, and delegates at Tsaghkahovit. |
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"What is the role of the material world in shaping the tensions and paradoxes of imperial sovereignty? Scholars have long shed light on the complex processes of conquest, extraction, and colonialism under imperial rule. But imperialism has usually been cast as an exclusively human drama, one in which the world of matter does not play an active role. Lori Khatchadourian argues instead that things--from everyday objects to monumental buildings--profoundly shape social and political life under empire. Out of the archaeology of ancient Persia and the South Caucasus, Imperial Matter advances powerful new analytical |
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