Oriental Despotism: A Comparative Study of Total Power

Karl A. Wittfogel

Verlag: Yale University Press, 1959

Beschreibung

Third printing. Volume, measuring approximately 6.5" x 9.5", is bound in black cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book displays moderate wear, with light foxing to top edge of text block. Binding is firm. Interior is clean and bright. Dust jacket, with price of $8.50 on front flap, exhibits sunning to spine and two small closed tears at edges. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover. xix/556 pages. "Professor Wittfogel believes that the peculiar forms of Oriental despotism -- not limited to the Orient -- had their origin in societies where irrigation was a matter of life and death to the people and their crops, and control of the watercourses was in the hands of the ruler and his bureaucracy. He has investigated an enormous quantity of first-hand material to explain the character of these societies, and his book, half a lifetime in preparation, has been greeted by competent scholars as a work of first importance.". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1683873213016

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Titel: Oriental Despotism: A Comparative Study of ...

Verlag: Yale University Press

Erscheinungsdatum: 1959

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good