The Political Machine - Adam T. Smith - Bog - Princeton University Press - Plusbog.dk
The Political Machine investigates the essential role that material culture plays in the practices and maintenance of political sovereignty. Through an archaeological exploration of the Bronze Age Caucasus, Adam Smith demonstrates that beyond assemblies of people, polities are just as importantly assemblages of things-from ballots and bullets to cr
The Political Machine - Adam T. Smith - Bog - Princeton University Press - Booktok.dk
The Political Machine investigates the essential role that material culture plays in the practices and maintenance of political sovereignty. Through an archaeological exploration of the Bronze Age Caucasus, Adam Smith demonstrates that beyond assemblies of people, polities are just as importantly assemblages of things-from ballots and bullets to cr
The Political Machine - Assembling Sovereignty in the Bronze Age Caucasus - Bog af Adam T. Smith - Paperback
\This provocative and timely book identifies three main phases in the development of 'sovereign assemblage' and provides a compelling account of social change in Caucasian societies between the fourth millennium and the Iron Age. Peppered with erudite case studies, this original and important book will be widely read and used by archaeologists, anthropologists, and art historians.\--David Wengrow, University College London\In The Political Machine, Smith presents a cogent and sophisticated paradigm..